5 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
5 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 yuan note
- China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at right, Sundial at left.
- Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center and to the sides.
- Reverse Text: 5 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / 5 / NO. BR011240 / V / NO. BR011240 / 5 / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / SHANGHAI / 5 / 5 / 1927 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1927
- place made
- China: Shanghai
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.6 cm x 18.1 cm x.01 cm; 3 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.74.17.678
- accession number
- 315247
- catalog number
- 74.17.678
- serial number
- BR011240
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Chinese Banknotes
- NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_07
- NNC Chinese Bank Notes
- Chinese Paper Money
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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