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1 Yuan, Charhar Commercial Bank, China, 1933

Object Details

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Description (Brief)
One (1) yuan note
Charhar Commercial Bank, China, 1933
Obverse Image: Chinese text at top and bottom, denomination to the right and left, sailing scene at center
Obverse Text: 壹 / D0492608 / 察哈爾商業錢局 / D0492608 / 壹 / {70} / 平津通用 / {70} / 壹圓 / 張家口 / 張家口 / 憑票即付國幣壹圓 / 中華民國廿二年印 / 財政政部印刷局製 / 73.175.1284
Reverse Image: Bank name at top with denomination to the sides, pagoda scene at center.
Reverse Image: 1 / THE CHARHAR COMMERCIAL BANK / 1 / 平津通用 / {70} / {70} / 1 / 1 / 1 / T.Y.JUNG / 1 / ONE YUAN / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ATITS OFFICE HERE ONE YUAN / DEC. 1ST 1933 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEIPING CHINA
Description
[[Obverse Text]]
壹 / D0492608 / 察哈爾商業錢局 / D0492608 / 壹 / {70} / 平津通用 / {70} / 壹圓 / 張家口 / 張家口 / 憑票即付國幣壹圓 / 中華民國廿二年印 / 財政政部印刷局製 / 73.175.1284
[[Translation]]
one / D0492608 / The Charhar Commercial Bank / D0492608 / one / {70} / use in Pingjin / {70} / one yuan / Zhangjiakou / Zhangjiakou / Use this ticket to pay / Nation currency one yuan / Printed in the twenty-second of the Republic of China / Printed by the Bureau of the Ministry of Finance
[[Reverse Text]]
1 / THE CHARHAR COMMERCIAL BANK / 1 / 平津通用 / {70} / {70} / 1 / 1 / 1 / T.Y.JUNG / 1 / ONE YUAN / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ATITS OFFICE HERE ONE YUAN / DEC. 1ST 1933 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEIPING CHINA
[[Translation]]
Use in Pingjin
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
1933
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 7 cm x 15.6 cm x .01 cm; 2 3/4 in x 6 5/32 in x in
Object Name
note
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