Object Details
- Crowdsourcing
- Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 customs gold unit note
- The Central Bank of China, China, 1930
- Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, portrait of Sun Yat-sen at center.
- Obverse Text: 伍 / 伍 / 中央銀行 / 上海 / 憑票即付 / 闗金伍圓 / 伍 / 伍 / 中華民國十九年印 / 美國鈔票公司
- Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, Central Bank of China building in Shanghai at center.
- Reverse Text: 5 / NO. PG116114 / 5 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS / NO PG116114 / 5 / GENERAL MANAGER / ASST. GENERAL MANAGER / 5 / SHANGHAI, 1930 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.
- Description
- [[Obverse Text]]
- 伍 / 伍 / 中央銀行 / 上海 / 憑票即付 / 闗金伍圓 / 伍 / 伍 / 中華民國十九年印 / 美國鈔票公司
- [[Translation]]
- five / five / The Central Bank of China / Shanghai / Use this (ticket) to pay / Guanjin five yuan / five / five / Printed in Nineteen years of the Republic of China / American Bank Note Company
- [[Reverse Text]]
- 5 / NO. PG116114 / 5 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / PROMISES TO PAY / THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / FIVE CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS / NO. PG116114 / GENERAL MANAGER / ASST.GENERAL MANAGER / 5 / SHANGHAI,1930 / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. / 71.348.353
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1930
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 cm x 7.9 cm x .01 cm; 6 11/16 in x 3 1/8 in x in
- Object Name
- note
