1 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1931

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Description (Brief):

One (1) yuan note

Description (Brief)

China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1931

Description (Brief)

Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, Sundial to the left.

Description (Brief)

Obverse Text: 壹 / 壹 / ZN991170 / 中南銀行 / 中華民國二十年印 / ZN991170 / 壹 / 壹 / 上海天津一律通用 / 上海 / 內有水印 / 請勿塗寫 / 壹圓 / 上海 / 壹 / 壹 / COUNTERSIGNED / 政府特許發行 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹圓正 / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 壹 / 壹 / 倫敦華德路公司印

Description (Brief)

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

Description (Brief)

Reverse Text: 1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 1 / ZN991170 / 1 / ZN991170 / 上海天津一律通用 / 上海天津一律通用 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / 1 / SHANGHAI / JANUARY 1951 / 1 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON / 74.17.687

[[Obverse Text]]

壹 / 壹 / ZN991170 / 中南銀行 / 中華民國二十年印 / ZN991170 / 壹 / 壹 / 上海天津一律通用 / 上海 / 內有水印 / 請勿塗寫 / 壹圓 / 上海 / 壹 / 壹 / COUNTERSIGNED / 政府特許發行 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹圓正 / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 壹 / 壹 / 倫敦華德路公司印

[[Translation]]

one / one / ZN991170 / The China & South Sea Bank Limited / printed in year twenty of the Republic of China / ZN991170 / one / one / usable in Shanghai and Tianjin / Shanghai / watermark contained within / please do not write on the banknote / one yuan / Shanghai / one / one / COUNTERSIGNED / issued by special permission by the Chinese government / use this note to pay national currency one yuan / MANAGING DIRECTOR / one / one / printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited London

[[Reverse Text]]

1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 1 / ZN991170 / 1 / ZN991170 / 上海天津一律通用 / 上海天津一律通用 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / 1 / SHANGHAI / JANUARY 1951 / 1 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON / 74.17.687

Date Made: 1931

Maker: Waterlow & Sons Limited

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

Place Made: ChinaUnited Kingdom: England, London

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, Chinese Banknotes, Chinese Paper Money, NNC Chinese Bank Notes, NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_06

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.74.17.687Accession Number: 315247Catalog Number: 74.17.687Serial Number: ZN991170

Object Name: note

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 8.2 cm x 13.5 cm x .01 cm; 3 7/32 in x 5 5/16 in x in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-cc4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1892407

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