1 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
1 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) yuan note
- China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, three vignettes with portrait busts of three women in traditional dress ( Mongolian, Han-Chinese, Manchu) at top, Yuan coin at center.
- Obverse Text: 壹元 / 中南銀行 / 壹元 / 漢口 / 壹圓 / 漢口 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹圓 / 一元 / ZM777897 / 中華民國十六年印 / 一元
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, two vignettes with portrait busts of two women in traditional dress (Tibetan, Hui-Chinese), Yuan coin with portrait of Yuan Shikai at center.
- Reverse Text: ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / A767950 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / COUNTERSIGNED / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 1 YUAN / SHANGHAI / 1927 / ONE / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON,
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 壹元 / 中南銀行 / 壹元 / 漢口 / 壹圓 / 漢口 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹圓 / 一元 / ZM777897 / 中華民國十六年印 / 一元
- [[Reverse Text]]
- ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED / ZM777897 / PROMISES TO PAY / THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 中華民國三年 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY / OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION / OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / ONE / HANKOW / 1 YUAN / 1927 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON / 71.348.751
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1927
- maker
- Waterlow & Sons Limited
- place made
- China: Shanghai
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12.3 cm x 6.5 cm x.01 cm; 4 27/32 in x 2 9/16 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.71.348.0751
- catalog number
- 71.348.0751
- accession number
- 298051
- serial number
- ZM777897
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_07
- Chinese Banknotes
- Chinese Paper Money
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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