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 obverse
The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1920
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, vignette of Confucius at center.
Obverse Text: 伍拾 / 000000 / 中國通商銀行 / 000000 / 伍拾 / 樣本 / 樣本 / 00046 / 伍拾圓 / SPECIMEN / 伍拾圓 / SPECIMEN / 上海 / 憑票兌付 / 通用銀圓 / 上海 / 伍拾 / 中華民國九年一月十五日印 / 伍拾 / 美國鈔票公司
Reverse Image: N/A
Reverse Text: 74.17.522
Description
[[Obverse Text]]
伍拾 / 000000 / 中國通商銀行 / 000000 / 伍拾 / 樣本 / 樣本 / 00046 / 伍拾圓 / SPECIMEN / 伍拾圓 / SPECIMEN / 上海 / 憑票兌付 / 通用銀圓 / 上海 / 伍拾 / 中華民國九年一月十五日印 / 伍拾 / 美國鈔票公司
[[Translation]]
fifty / 000000 / Commercial Bank of China / 000000 / fifty / specimen / specimen / 00046 / fifty yuan / SPECIMEN / fifty yuan / SPECIMEN / Shanghai / exchange or pay by tickets / unified use silver dollar / fifty / printed on January 15th, Nine years of the Republic of China / fifty / American Banknote Printing Company
[[Reverse Text]]
74.17.522
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 15.9 cm x.01 cm; 3 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x in
ID Number
NU.74.17.522
catalog number
74.17.522
accession number
315247
serial number
000000
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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