1 Yuan, Bank of China, Shantung, China, 1918
1 Yuan, Bank of China, Shantung, China, 1918
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) yuan note
- Bank of China, Shantung, China, 1918
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, Temple of Heaven, Peking, to the center.
- Obverse Text: 壹 / A008500 / 中國銀行 / B107248 / 壹 / 青島 / 壹圓 / 青島 / 壹圓 / 青島 / 山東 / 山東 / 憑票即付 / 國幣壹圓 / 壹 / GOVERNOR / MANAGER / 壹 / 中華名國七年印 / 美國印鈔公司
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center.
- Reverse Text: 1 / BANK OF CHINA / 1 / 1 / NO. A008500 / ONE / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE / NO. A008500 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / ONE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY / 1 / TSINGTAU / SHANTUNG / SEPTEMBER 1918 / TSINGTAU / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 壹 / A008500 / 中國銀行 / B107248 / 壹 / 青島 / 壹圓 / 青島 / 壹圓 / 青島 / 山東 / 山東 / 憑票即付 / 國幣壹圓 / 壹 / GOVERNOR / MANAGER / 壹 / 中華名國七年印 / 美國印鈔公司
- [[Translation]]
- one / A008500 / Bank of China / A008500 / one / Qingdao / one yuan / Qingdao / one yuan / Qingdao / Shandong / Shandong / Use this (ticket) to pay / Nation currency one yuan / one / GOVERNOR / MANAGER / one / Printed in the seventh year of the Republic of China / American Bank Note Company
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 1 / BANK OF CHINA / 1 / 1 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / AT ITS OFFICE HERE. / ONE / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / ONE YUAN / NATIONAL CURRENCY / TSINGTAU / TSINGTAU / 1 / A008500 / SHANTUNG / A008500 / 1 / SEPTEMBER 1918. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 71.348.1280
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1918
- place made
- China: Shantung
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 15 cm x.01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 5 29/32 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.71.348.1280
- catalog number
- 71.348.1280
- accession number
- 298051
- serial number
- A008500
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_08
- Chinese Banknotes
- Chinese Paper Money
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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