1 Dollar, Bank of China, Peking, China, 19091912
1 Dollar, Bank of China, Peking, China, 1909/1912
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) dollar note
- Bank of China, Peking, China, 1909/1912
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, portrait of Li Hung Chan to the left, hillside village with a railroad to the right.
- Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, waterfront park at center.
- Reverse Text: 1 / NO. 1409650 / (the ta-ching government bank) / NO. 1409650 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / 1 ONE / 1 / 1 / ACCT. / 1ST OCTOBER 1909. / MANAGER / 1 / BANK OF CHINA / PEKING / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 壹 / 1409650 / 大清銀行兑換券 / 1409650 / 壹 / 壹圓 / [[stamp]] 銀行 / [[stamp]] 北京 / [[upside down]] 廣[?]皮 / [[stamp]] 東 / 壹圓 / [[overlaid stamp]] 宣統元年印造 / 壹圓 / [[stamp]] 北京 / [[stamp]] 中國 / 壹圓 / 壹 / [[stamp]] / 元年 / 壹圓 / 兑換券 / 壹圓 / 民國 / [[stamp]] 中國銀行 / 壹圓 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK.
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 1 / No.1409650 / THE TACHING GOVERNMENT BANK / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / No.1409650 / 1 / 1 ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR/ 1 / 1 / ACCT. [[signature]] C.I.CHANG / 1ST OCTOBER 1909. / BANK OF CHINA / PEKING / MANAGER [[signature]] / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1912
- 1909
- place made
- China: Peking
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.15 cm x 15.3 cm x.01 cm; 3 7/32 in x 6 1/32 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.NU72939
- catalog number
- NU72939
- accession number
- 248938
- serial number
- 1409650
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert O.D. Hopkins
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Chinese Banknotes
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_03
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- Chinese Paper Money
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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