Bank of Local Railways of Shansi and Shangung, Taiyuan, China, 1934
Obverse Image: Steam train to the right, denomination to the left.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denominatoin at center.
Reverse Text: BANK OF LOCAL RAILWAY OF SHANSI & SUIYUAN / 20 CENTS / TWENTY CENTS TEN 10 CENTS NOTES TO BE EXCHANGED FOR ONE YUAN / 20 CENTS / TAIYUAN / JULY 1st 1934
The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1929
Obverse Image: Name of bank at center, denomination at center, Confucius standing at right.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at center, denomination below; coat of arms at top.
Reverse Text: $1 / $1 / K396245 / K396245 / THE COMMERICAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE DOLLAR NATIONAL CURRENCY VALUE RECEIVED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / $1 / CHAIRMAN / SHANGHAI / MANAGER / $1
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen to the left.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the right, image of Pagoda near Wang He Lou mountain at center.
Reverse Text: 5 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / 5 / 5 / ASST. GENERAL MANAGER. / FIVE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY / GENERAL MANAGER. / 1941 / THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON
Agricultural and Industrial Bank of China, China, 1932
Obverse Image: N/A
Obverse Text: N/A
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at left and center, house with a loom to the right.
Reverse Text: 1 / THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA / 1 / 1 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT IS OFFICE HERE / 1 / 1 YUAN / 1 / ONE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY / MANAGERING DIRECTOR / MANAGER / 1 / 00000 / SHANGHAI / 1932 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 00000 / SPECIMEN
Agricultural and Industrial Bank of China, China, 1932
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to right, farmer and buffalo at left.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at right and center, house with a loom to the left.
Reverse Text: 5 / THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT IS OFFICE HERE / 34 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / 5 / NATIONAL CURRENCY / MANAGING DIRECTOR / MANAGER / 34 / 5 / 257447 / SHANGHAI / 1932 / 257447 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination below, coat of arms at top, center.
Obverse Text: 1/2 / NO. 25273 / NO. 25273 / 1/2 / FIVE HALFTL MACE / FIVE HALFTL MACE / THE IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE IN PEKING FIVE MACE CHING-PIN TSU-YIN CURRENCY, VALUE RECIEVED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. / FIVE MACE / PEKING, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1898 ACTING CHIEF MANAGER / 1/2 / 1/2 / ENGRAVED BY BARCLAY & FRY, LTD. LONDON SR
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, coat of arms at center.
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, portrait of Sun Yat-sen at center.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, Central Bank of China building in Shanghai at center.
Reverse Text: 5 / NO. XB601486 / 5 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS / NO XB601486 / 5 / GENERAL MANAGER / ASST. GENERAL MANAGER / 5 / SHANGHAI, 1930 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
The National Industrial Bank of China, China, 1924
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to sides, image of horse running at the center.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, Great Wall at center.
Reverse Text: 5 / THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / P514002D / SHANGHAI / FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. 1924 / P514002D / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
Agricultural and Industrial Bank of China, China, 1932
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to right, farmer and buffalo at left.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at right and center, house with a loom to the left.
Reverse Text: 5 / THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT IS OFFICE HERE / 43 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / 5 / NATIONAL CURRENCY / MANAGING DIRECTOR / MANAGER / 43 / 5 / A030150 / SHANGHAI / 1932 / A030150 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
The National Industrial Bank of China, China, 1931
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, image of horse running at center.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, bank building at center.
Reverse Text: 1 / THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 1 / 1 / 1 YUAN / 1 YUAN / 1 / M488030A / M488030A / 1 / ONE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. / SHANGHAI / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
The National Industrial Bank of China, China, 1924
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to sides, image of horse running at the center.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, Great Wall at center.
Reverse Text: 5 / THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / P455916A / SHANGHAI / FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. 1924 / P455916A / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination below, coat of arms at top, center.
Obverse Text: 1/2 / NO. 70985 / NO. 70985 / 1/2 / FIVE HALFTL MACE / FIVE HALFTL MACE / THE IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE IN PEKING FIVE MACE CHING-PIN TSU-YIN CURRENCY, VALUE RECIEVED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. / FIVE MACE / PEKING, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1898 ACTING CHIEF MANAGER / 1/2 / 1/2 / ENGRAVED BY BARCLAY & FRY, LTD. LONDON SR
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, coat of arms at center.
Reverse Image: Name of bank at center, denomination below; coat of arms at top.
Reverse Text: $1 / $1 / K131731 / K131731 / THE COMMERICAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE DOLLAR SHAGHAI CURRENCY VALUE RECEIVED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / $1 / CHAIRMAN / SHANGHAI / MANAGER / $1
The Bank of Territorial Development, Changchun (Chekiang), China, 1914
Obverse Image: Road Construction.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Bank name at top, denomination at center.
Reverse Text: N.B. PAYABLE IN SUBSIDIARY (SILVER) COIN AT PAR I.E. TEN 10-CENT COINS TO THE DOLLAR. / $1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / NO. 0014906 / NO. 0014906 / $1 YI YUAN $1 / $1 / CHANGCHUN / chekiang (blocked out) / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1st 1914 / $1 / TO BE CONVERTED INTO SILVER DOLLARS ACCORDING TO CURRENT RATE OF EXCHANGE. / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, PEKING CHINA. / N.B. PAYABLE BY TEN DIMES TO THE DOLLAR.