1 Dollar, Fu T'ai Ch'ien Chuang, Fock-Tai Bank, Shanghai, China, 1907

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Description (Brief):

One (1) dollar note

Description (Brief)

Fu T'ai Ch'ien Chuang, Fock-Tai Bank, Shanghai, China, 1907

Description (Brief)

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

Description (Brief)

Obverse Text: 福泰錢莊 / 喴海 / 上海 / 大清光緒三十三年正月吉日 / 上海滙兑處 / 虹口昌昇泰 / 憑票即付 / 喴海上海通用洋 / 壹圓 / 祇認鈔票不認人 / 執此為照 / 喴海福泰錢莊鈔票永遠通用 / 壹 / NO. 016359 / NO. 016359 / 壹

Description (Brief)

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

Description (Brief)

Reverse Text: 1 DOLLAR / FOCK-TAI BANK / 1 DOLLAR / WEI-HAI-WEI AND SHANGHAI / 福泰錢莊 / 喴海 / 上海 NO. / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / 壹圓 / ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 壹圓 / AT ITS OFFICE HERE VALUE RECEIVED / WEI-HAI-WEI 10TH FEBRUARY 1907 / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / 1 / ACCT. / MANAGER / 1 / 上海商務

[[Obverse Text]]

福泰錢莊 / 喴海 / 上海 / 大清光緒三十三年正月吉日 / 上海滙兑處 / 虹口昌昇泰 / 憑票即付 / 喴海上海通用洋 / 壹圓 / 祇認鈔票不認人 / 執此為照 / 喴海福泰錢莊鈔票永遠通用 / 壹 / NO. 016359 / NO. 016359 / 壹

[[Translation]]

The Fock-tai Bank / Weihai / Shanghai / Qing Dynasty Guangxu the thirty-three year January Auspicious day / Shanghai Exchange Places / Hongkou Changshengtai / Use this ticket to pay / Universal Yang (currency) for Weihai and Shanghai / one yuan / Only recognize the banknote, not humans / Use this for reference / Banknotes of the Weihai Fock-Tai Bank will always be universal

[[Reverse Text]]

1 DOLLAR / FOCK-TAI BANK / 1 DOLLAR / WEI-HAI-WEI AND SHANGHAI / 福泰錢莊 / 喴海 / 上海 NO. / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / 壹圓 / ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 壹圓 / AT ITS OFFICE HERE VALUE RECEIVED / WEI-HAI-WEI 10TH FEBRUARY 1907 / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / 1 / ACCT. / MANAGER / 1 / 上海商務

[[Translation]]

Fock-Tai Bank / Weihai / Shanghai / One yuan / one yuan / Shanghai Business

Date Made: 1907

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

Place Made: China: Shanghai

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_08, Chinese Banknotes, Chinese Paper Money, NNC Chinese Bank Notes

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Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: James C. Leigh

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.75.3.104Catalog Number: 75.3.104Accession Number: 320773Serial Number: 016359

Object Name: note

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7.8 cm x 12.7 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/16 in x 5 in x in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-ec63-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1897720

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