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 / B712959 / 中國銀行 / B712959 / 壹 / 壹圓 / 山東 / 壹圓 / 山東 / 烟台 / 烟台 / 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. B712959 / ONE / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE / NO. B712959 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / ONE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY / 1 / CHEFOO / SHANTUNG / SEPTEMBER 1918 / CHEFOO / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
[[Obverse Text]]
壹 / B712959 / 中國銀行 / B712959 / 壹 / 壹圓 / 山東 / 壹圓 / 山東 / 烟台 / 烟台 / 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 / B712959 / Bank of China / B712959 / one / one yuan / Shandong / one yuan / Shandong / Yantai / Yantai / 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 / ONE / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / AT ITS OFFICE HERE. / ONE / ONE YUAN / NATIONAL CURRENCY / CHEFOO / CHEFOO / 1 / B712959 / SHANTUNG / B712959 / 1 / SEPTEMBER 1918. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 71.348.1283
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