1 Yuan, Bank of China, Shantung, China, 1918

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Description (Brief):

One (1) yuan note

Description (Brief)

Bank of China, Shantung, China, 1918

Description (Brief)

Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, Temple of Heaven, Peking, to the center.

Description (Brief)

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

Description (Brief)

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

Description (Brief)

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

[[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

Date Made: 1918

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

Place Made: China: Shantung

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.71.348.1280Catalog Number: 71.348.1280Accession Number: 298051Serial Number: A008500

Object Name: note

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e957-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1889887

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