Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, post office at center.
Reverse Text: 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / NO. C490877 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. C490877 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TSINGTAU / 5 / OCTOBER 1st 1914 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN
SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN / five / C490877 / Bank of Communications / C490877 / five / Printed in three years of the Republic of China / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five / Approved by the Ministry of Finance / five / five / Qingdao / Qingdao / five / Use this (ticket) to pay / the Republic of China / national currency total five yuan
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樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. C490877 / NO. C490877 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TSINGTAU / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 71.348.564
SAN / SHI / MEI / SAN / SHI / MEI / A0187235 / CHA / HA / ER / SHANG / YE / QIAN / JU / A0187235 / DANG / SHI / TONG / YUAN / SAN / SHI / MEI / SAN / SHI / MEI / SAN / SHI / MEI / SAN / SHI / MEI / ZHANG / JIA / KOU / FU / LI / ZHI / ZHANG / JING / LI / ZHI / ZHANG / ZHANG / JIA / KOU / ZHONG / HUA / MIN / GUO / ER / SHI / SI / NIAN
[[Translation]]
thirty mei / thirty mei / A0187235 / the Charhar Commercial Bank / A0187235 / dangshi copper coin / thirty mei / thirty mei / thirty mei / thirty mei / Zhangjiakou / seal of assistant manager / seal of manager / Zhangjiakou / thirty mei / thirty mei / year 24 Republic of China
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner.
Reverse Text: 2 CHOH / 000000 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 2 CHOH / 000000 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI".) ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / TWO CHOH / 2 CHOH / KALGAN / 2 CHOH / 南處備査 / 74.17.166
2 CHOH / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 00000 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHON" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI." ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / KALGAN / 2 CHOH / 南處備査 / 74.17.166
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner.
Reverse Text: 2 CHOH / 028396 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 2 CHOH / 028396 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI".) ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / TWO CHOH / 2 CHOH / HARBIN / 2 CHOH
2 CHOH / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 028396 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ON HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI.) ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS / HARBIN / 2 CHOH / 74.17.170
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, three vignettes with portrait busts of three women in traditional dress ( Mongolian, Han-Chinese, Manchu) at top, Yuan coin at center.
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, two vignettes with portrait busts of two women in traditional dress (Tibetan, Hui-Chinese), Yuan coin with portrait of Yuan Shikai at center.
Reverse Text: ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / ZM777896 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / COUNTERSIGNED / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 1 YUAN / SHANGHAI / 1927 / ONE / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON,
ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED / ZM777896 / PROMISES TO PAY / THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 中華民國三年 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY / OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION / OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / ONE / HANKOW / 1 YUAN / 1927 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON / 71.348.752
Reverse Image: Bank name at top, denomination at center.
Reverse Text: N.B. PAYABLE BY TEN DIMES TO THE DOLLAR. / $1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / NO. 0121636 / NO. 0121636 / $1 YI YUAN $1 / $1 / SHANGHAI / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1st 1914 / $1 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, PEKING CHINA. / N.B. PAYABLE BY TEN DIMES TO THE DOLLAR.
YI / YUAN / YI / YUAN / QUAN / HUAN / DUI / XING / YIN / BIAN / ZHI / FENG / TIAN / MEI / YUAN / FU / SHI / YONG / MEI / YUAN / MEI / SHI / YONG / FENG / TIAN / YI / YUAN / NIAN / SAN / GUO / MIN / HUA / ZHONG / YI / YUAN / ZHI / JU / SHUA / YIN / BU / ZHENG / CAI
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N.B. PAYABLE BY TEN DIMES TO THE DOLLAR / $1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / NO 0121636 / 洋小 / NO 0121636 / $1 / 壹圓 / $1 / KCHINGK / ACCT / HOU KU / MANAGER / $1 / MOUKDEN / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1ST 1914 / $1 / 74.17.234 / N.B. PAYABLE BY TEN DIMES TO THE DOLLAR
Obverse Image: Chinese text at center and top, vignette to the left of a pagoda and to the right of a group of people standing outside a building. Obverse Text: 貳 / No00958 / 慶平祥號 / No00958 / 貳 / 上海 / 憑票即兌執此為憑 / 當拾銅元 / 貳拾枚 / 民國十三年三月即日 / 上海 / 貳 / 貳
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, two cranes at center, denomination to the sides and in each corner.
two / Qingpingxiang number / two / Shanghai / Use the ticket to exchange and consider it as the reference / exchange for ten copper dollars / twenty pieces / March the thirteenth year of the Republic of China / Shanghai / two / two
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The picture on the left of the front face is Yu Garden(豫園) in Shanghai.
Exchange office at the entrance of Qingpingfang, Lagnar Road, French Concession / To everyone / 20 / 20 / Do not sign the front / House number 173 / Printed by the China Press
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner.
Reverse Text: 5 FEN / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 FEN / 000000 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI".) ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / FIVE FEN / 5 FEN / TAHEIHO / 5 FEN
5 FEN / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 000000 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COIN- / AGE LAW ARTICLE 4. THE NATIONAL COINAGE / SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE- / TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" / ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED / A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL / BE CALLED A "LI.") ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC / AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / TAHEIHO / 74.17.156
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, Ship at dockside beside steam train at center.
Reverse Text: 10 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 10 / NO. 032612 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. 032612 / 10 / 10 / TEN YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 10 / CHEFOO / 10 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN
ten / 032612 / Bank of Communications / 032612 / ten / ten / Printed in three years of the Republic of China / ten / ten yuan / ten yuan / ten / Approved by the Ministry of Finance / ten / ten / Yantai / Use this (ticket) to pay the Republic of China national currency total ten yuan / Yantai / Ten / American Bank Note Co. New York
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10 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 10 / NO. 032612 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. 032612 / 10 / SPECIMEN /SPECIMEN / 10 / 10/ TEN YUAN / 10 / 10 / OF THE NATIONAL CHANGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 10
CHEFOO / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK.
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, post office at center.
Reverse Text: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. 193411 / NO. 193411 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / SHANTUNG / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN / five / 193411 / Bank of Communications / 193411 / five / Printed in three years of the Republic of China / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five / Approved by the Ministry of Finance / five / five / Shandong / Shandong / five / Use this (ticket) to pay / the Republic of China / national currency total five yuan
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樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. 193411 / NO. 193411 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / SHANTUNG / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
Reverse Image: Name of issuing authority at top, denomination at center and in each corner.
Reverse Text: 5 / 5 / THE REPUBLICAN CHINA MILITARY BANK-NOTE / WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE DOLLARS LOCAL CURRENCY AT ITS OFFICE HERE, VALUE RECEIVED. / SHANGHAI / SHANGHAI, 9TH.. MOON 4609 HUANG TI. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / M.Y. SUNG. / MANAGER, CHUN HUA BANK, AGENTS FOR THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT / 5 / 5
five / The Republic of China / five / military bank note / lucky day(吉日) of the ninth month of year four thousand six hundred and nine in the calendar of Huang Di(黃帝) / general of army of Shanghai(滬) / promises to pay the bearer on demand / local currency of Shanghai / five yuan / use this as a proof of payment / minister of treasury / manager of Chung Hua Bank / five / No019938 / No019938 / five
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5 / THE REPUBLICAN CHINA / 5 / MILITARY BANK-NOTE / WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / FIVE DOLLARS LOCAL CURRENCY / SHANGHAI / AT ITS OFFICE HERE, VALUE RECEIVED. / SHANGHAI, 9TH MOON 4609 HUANG TI / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / MANAGER, CHUNG HUA BANK, AGENTS / FOR THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT / M.Y.SUNG / 66.27561
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner.
Reverse Text: 5 FEN / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 FEN / 097098 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI".) ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / FIVE FEN / 5 FEN / HARBIN / 5 FEN
5 FEN / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 097098 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COIN- / AGE LAW ARTICLE 4. THE NATIONAL COINAGE / SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE- / TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" / ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED / A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL / BE CALLED A "LI.") ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC / AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / HARBIN / 74.17.155
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. BN224772 / V / NO. BN224772 / 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 / CHAIRMAN / 1924 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
five / BN224772 / The China & South Sea Bank Limited / printed in year thirteen of the Republic of China / BN224772 / five / five / five / Shanghai / five yuan / Shanghai / issued by special permission of the government / five / five / COUNTERSIGNED / promises to pay the bearer on demand five yuan of the national coinage of the Republic of China / MANAGING DIRECTOR / five / five / American Bank Note Company
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5 / BN224772 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / BN224772 / 5 / 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 / SHANGHAI / 1924 / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 74.17.657
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner.
Reverse Text: 5 FEN / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 FEN / 000543 / IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COINAGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE-TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI".) ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / FIVE FEN / 5 FEN / 5 FEN
[[in four corners]] 5 FEN 5 FEN 5 FEN 5 FEN / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 000543
IIN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL COIN. AGE LAW ARTICLE 4, THE NATIONAL COINAGE SHALL BE BASED ON THE DECIMAL SYSTEM (ONE. TENTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED THE "CHOH" ONE HUNDREDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "FEN" ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A YUAN SHALL BE CALLED A "LI.") ALL EXCHANGES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUST BE BASED ON THIS. / 74.17.151
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center and to the sides.
Reverse Text: 10 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / 10 / NO. CN358557 / 10 / NO. CN358557 / 10 / SC / 27 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE TEN YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / 10 / 10 / 27 / SD / 10 / CHAIRMAN / SHANGHAI / 10 / 1924 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
ten / The China & South Sea Bank / ten / ten / Printed in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China / ten / Shanghai / ten yuan / Shanghai / ten / Government franchise / Use this ticket to pay / The Republic of China national currency ten yuan / ten / MANAGING DIRECTOR / COUNTERSIGNED / 拾
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10 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED / CN358557 / CN358557 / 27 / SC / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / TEN YUAN / OF THE NATIONA COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. / 27 / CHAIRMAN / SHANGHAI / 1924 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. / 74.17.664
Reverse Image: Bank name at top, denomination at center.
Reverse Text: $10 / $10 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE TEN DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY. / F0021758 / F0021758 / 拾圓 / W.J.CHANG / ACCT / A.Y.HSU / MANAGER / $10 / $10 / MOUKDEN / TEN DOLLARS / DEC., 1ST 1914 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEKING CHINA / 74.17.261
SHI / YUAN / SHI / YUAN / F0021758 / F0021758 / DONG / SAN / SHENG / GUAN / YIN / HAO / JIAN / LI / GUAN / ZHI / GUAN / FANG / ZHI / BIAN / YIN / HANG / DUI / HUAN / QUAN / FENG / TIAN / 10 / 10 / 00157 / FENG / TIAN / ZONG / LI / ZHI / YIN / ZHI / BIAN / YIN / HANG / ZHONG / HUA / MIN / GUO / SAN / NIAN / SHI / YUAN / SHI / YUAN / CAI / ZHENG / BU / YIN / SHUA / JU / ZHI
[[Translation]]
ten yuan / ten yuan / F0021758 / F0021758 / seal of the 3 eastern provinces bank supervisor / voucher for the bank of territorial development / Jiangsu / 10 / 10 / Jiangsu / seal of the manager/the bank of territorial development / Republic of China Year 3 / ten yuan / ten yuan / manufactured by the Department of Finance Printing Bureau
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$10 / $10 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE TEN DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY. / F0021758 / F0021758 / 拾圓 / W.J.CHANG / ACCT / A.Y.HSU / MANAGER / $10 / $10 / MOUKDEN / TEN DOLLARS / DEC., 1ST 1914 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEKING CHINA / 74.17.261
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. BPD19843 / V / NO. BPD19843 / 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 / CHAIRMAN / 1924 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
five / BP019843 / The China & South Sea Bank Limited / printed in year thirteen of the Republic of China / BPD19843 / five / five / five / Shanghai / five yuan / Shanghai / issued by special permission of the government / five / five / COUNTERSIGNED / promises to pay the bearer on demand five yuan of the national coinage of the Republic of China / MANAGING DIRECTOR / five / five / American Bank Note Company
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5 / BPD19843 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / BP019843 / 5 / 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 / SHANGHAI / 1924 / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 74.17.652
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, post office at center.
Reverse Text: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. 999249 / NO. 999249 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TULUNNOERH / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 南行備查 / 74.17.229
SPECIMEN / five / 999267 / Bank of Communications / 999267 / five / Printed in three years of the Republic of China / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five / Approved by the Ministry of Finance / five / five / Tulunnoerh / Tulunnoerh / five / Use this (ticket) to pay / the Republic of China / national currency total five yuan / Southside for future reference
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樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. 999249 / NO. 999249 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TULUNNOERH / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 南行備查 / 74.17.229
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, waterfront park at center.
Reverse Text: 1 / NO. 3291309 / (the ta-ching government bank) BANK OF CHINA / NO. 3291309 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / 1 ONE / 1 / 1 / ACCT. / 1ST OCTOBER 1909. / MANAGER / 1 / BANK OF CHINA / MANCHURIA / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
1 / 1 / BANK OF CHINA / No. 3291309 / No. 3291309 / THE TACHING GOVERNMENT BANK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 ONE / 1 ONE DOLLAR / 1ST OCTOBER 1909 / ACCT / MANAGER / 1 / 1 / MANCHURIA / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK.
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, Ship at dockside beside steam train at center.
Reverse Text: 10 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 10 / NO. SB439412D / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. SB439412D / 10 / 10 / TEN YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 10 / SHANGHAI / 10 / OCTOBER 1st 1914 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN
SHI / XING / JIN / TONG / JIAO / SHI / YIN / NIAN / SAN / GUO / MIN / HUA / ZHONG / SHI / SHI / SHI / YUAN / SHI / YUAN / SHI / DING / HE / BU / ZHENG / CAI / SHI / SHI / SHANG / HAI / ZHENG / SHI / GUO / MIN / ZHONG / JIN / NIAN / PING / YUAN / BI / GUO / HUA / FU / PIAO / SHANG / HAI / SHI
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10 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 10 / NO SB439412D / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO SB439412D / 10 / 10 / 10 / TEN YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / 10 / 10 / BURENG / SHANGHAI / JS. WONG /10 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / 66.27828