Object Details
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar note, strip of two
- Bank of China, Fukien, China, 1918
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, empty vignette center.
- Obverse Text: 伍 / 中國銀行 / 伍 / 伍 / 福建 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 福建 / 福建 / 憑票兌付 / 通用銀元 / 伍 / 中華民國七年印 / 伍 / 美國鈔票公司 / 伍 / 中國銀行 / 伍 / 伍 / 福建 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 福建 / 福建 / 憑票兌付 / 通用銀元 / 伍 / 中華民國七年印 / 伍 / 美國鈔票公司
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination below.
- Reverse Text: 5 / BANK OF CHINA / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / 5 / LOCAL CURRENCY. / 5 / FUKIEN / 5 / SEPTEMBER 1918. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 5 / BANK OF CHINA / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / 5 / LOCAL CURRENCY. / 5 / FUKIEN / 5 / SEPTEMBER 1918. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 71.348.738
- General Information: The authenticity of this object is in question.
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 伍 / 中國銀行 / 伍 / 伍 / 福建 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 福建 / 福建 / 憑票兌付 / 通用銀元 / 伍 / 中華民國七年印 / 伍 / 美國鈔票公司 / 伍 / 中國銀行 / 伍 / 伍 / 福建 / 伍 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 福建 / 福建 / 憑票兌付 / 通用銀元 / 伍 / 中華民國七年印 / 伍 / 美國鈔票公司
- [[Translation]]
- five / the Bank of China / five / five / Fujian / five / five yuan / five yuan / Use this ticket to pay or exchange / Universal silver dollar / five / printed in the seventh year of the Republic of China / five / American Bank Note Company
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 5 / BANK OF CHINA / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / 5 / LOCAL CURRENCY. / 5 / FUKIEN / 5 / SEPTEMBER 1918. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 5 / BANK OF CHINA / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / 5 / LOCAL CURRENCY. / 5 / FUKIEN / 5 / SEPTEMBER 1918. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 71.348.738
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1918
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 cm x 17.5 cm x .01 cm; 7 3/32 in x 6 7/8 in x in
- Object Name
- note
