50 Dollars, The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1920
50 Dollars, The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1920
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- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- 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
- 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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