1 Dollar, Bank of China, Manchuria, China, 1909/1912

Description (Brief):

One (1) dollar note

Description (Brief)

Bank of China, Manchuria, China, 1909/1912

Description (Brief)

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.

Description (Brief)

Obverse Text: 壹 / 壹 / 3291309 / 大清銀行兌換券 / 3291309 / 中國銀行 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 東三省 / 壹圓 / 東三省 / 壹 / 壹 / [[stamp]] 總[?][?][?] / [[stamp]]中國銀行 / 宣統元年印造 / 壹圓 / 兌換券 / 壹圓 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK.

Description (Brief)

Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, waterfront park at center.

Description (Brief)

Reverse Text: 1 / NO. 3291309 / (the ta-ching government bank) BANK OF CHINA / NO. 3291309 / 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 / MANCHURIA / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK

[[Obverse Text]]

壹 / 壹 / 3291309 / 大清銀行兌換券 / 3291309 / 中國銀行 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 壹圓 / 東三省 / 壹圓 / 東三省 / 壹 / 壹 / [[stamp]] 總[?][?][?] / [[stamp]]中國銀行 / 宣統元年印造 / 壹圓 / 兌換券 / 壹圓 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK.

[[Obverse Image]]

Portrait of a man and an image of a wooded path.

[[Reverse Text]]

1 / 1 / BANK OF CHINA / No. 3291309 / No. 3291309 / THE TACHING GOVERNMENT BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 ONE / 1 ONE DOLLAR / 1ST OCTOBER 1909 / ACCT / MANAGER / 1 / 1 / MANCHURIA / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK.

[[Reverse Image]]

A wooded path.

Date Made: 19121909

Crowdsourcing: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteersLocation: Currently not on view

Place Made: China: Manchuria

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, Chinese Banknotes, Chinese Paper Money, NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_03, NNC Chinese Bank Notes

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Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.74.17.581Catalog Number: 74.17.581Accession Number: 315247Serial Number: 3291309

Object Name: note

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8.1 cm x 15.3 cm x .01 cm; 3 3/16 in x 6 1/32 in x in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-a983-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1889714

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