1 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1931
1 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1931
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) yuan note
- China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1931
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, Sundial to the left.
- Obverse Text: 壹 / 壹 / ZP519268 / 中南銀行 / 中華民國二十年印 / ZP519268 / 壹 / 壹 / 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
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at the center.
- Reverse Text: 1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 1 / 1 / ZP519268 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / ZP519268 / 1 / SHANGHAI / JANUARY 1951 / 1 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON / 74.17.688
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 壹 / 壹 / ZP519268 / 中南銀行 / 中華民國二十年印 / ZP519268 / 壹 / 壹 / 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 / ZP519268 / The China & South Sea Bank Limited / printed in year twenty of the Republic of China / ZP519268 / one / one / Shanghai / watermark contained within / please do not write on the bank note / 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 / 1 / ZP519268 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / ZP519268 / 1 / SHANGHAI / JANUARY 1951 / 1 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON / 74.17.688
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1931
- maker
- Waterlow & Sons Limited
- place made
- China
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.4 cm x 13.5 cm x.01 cm; 3 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.74.17.688
- accession number
- 315247
- catalog number
- 74.17.688
- serial number
- ZP519268
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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