20 Coppers, Kong Tai Bank Money Exchange, China, 1918
20 Coppers, Kong Tai Bank Money Exchange, China, 1918
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 20 copper note
- Kong Tai Bank Money Exchange, China, 1918
- Obverse Image: Two lions at top approaching center, vignette of a building to the left and to the right, denomination at center and in each corner.
- Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, image of a man at center.
- Reverse Text: 08692 / 08692 / KONG TAI BANK MONEY EXCHANGE / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE IN SHANGHAI / 20 / 20 / TWENTY COPPERS / 10TH JUNE 1918 NO. 178. KWANGSE ROAD. SHANGHAI.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1918
- place made
- China
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.5 cm x 15.8 cm x.01 cm; 4 1/8 in x 6 7/32 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.74.17.834
- catalog number
- 74.17.834
- accession number
- 315247
- serial number
- 08692
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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