Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

100 Dollars, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, Peking, China, 1907

Object Details

Description (Brief)
One (1) 100 dollar note
Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, Peking, China, 1907
Obverse Image: Denomination center, bottom, and in corners, seal at top left for the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank and image of a Chinese dragon at bottom left, image of Germania to the right.
Obverse Text: 京 / PEKING / 北 / 京 / PEKING / 北 / 行銀 ? ? / 100 / 100 / NO 01164 / BANKNOTE / UBER / 100$. / EINHUNDERT DOLLAR / ORTSUBLICHER HANDELSMUNZE ZAHLT DIE DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK / 壹佰圓 / DEM EINLIEFERER DIESER BANKNOTE AN IHRER HIESIGEN KASSE. / PEKING, / DEN 1. MARZ, 1907. / 壹佰圓 / DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK. / DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK / 京 / PEKING / 北 / 100 / NO. 01164
Reverse Image: Denomination at center and at bottom, name of issuing authority at top, two vignettes of Germania in profile- one right and one left.
Reverse Text: NO 01164 / THE DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER / 壹佰圓 /100 / $ / 壹佰圓 / ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS / 100 / LOCAL CURRENCY / AT ITS OFFICE IN PEKING. / 100
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
1907
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer L. Neinken
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 13.2 cm x 19.8 cm x .01 cm; 5 3/16 in x 7 25/32 in x in
Object Name
note
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top