50 Dollars, The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1920
50 Dollars, The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1920
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 50 dollar note, specimen reverse
- The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1920
- Obverse Image: N/A
- Obverse Text: 74.17.521
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, coat of arms at center.
- Reverse Text: 50 / 000000 / 50 / 000000 / 50 / THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / 50 / 00046 / 50 / FIFTY DOLLARS AT ITS OFFICE HERE VALUE RECEIVED / 50 / MANAGING DIRECTOR / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, / SHANGHAI / CHIEF MANAGER / 50 / 15TH JANUARY, 1920 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. / SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 74.17.521
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 樣本 / 50 / 000000 / 50 / 000000 / 50 / THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / 00046 / 50 / 50 / SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN / FIFTY DOLLARS / AT ITS OFFICE HERE VALUED RECEIVED. / FU SIAO EN / MANAGING DIRECTOR / H.C. MARSHALL / CHIEF MANAGER / 50 / SHANGHAI / 50 / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / 15TH JANUARY, 1920 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1920
- place made
- China: Shanghai, Shanghai
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.5 cm x 16 cm x.01 cm; 3 3/4 in x 6 5/16 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.74.17.521
- catalog number
- 74.17.521
- accession number
- 315247
- serial number
- 000000
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_07
- Chinese Banknotes
- Chinese Paper Money
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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