Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 8.59 cm x 15.5 cm x .01 cm; 3 3/8 in x 6 3/32 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place made:

China: Kiangsu

Date made:

1914

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Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers

Description (Brief):

One (1) dollar note

The Bank of Territorial Development, Kiangsu, China, 1914

Obverse Image: Road Construction.

Obverse Text: 壹圓 / 壹圓 / SU0020523 / SU0020523 / 券換兑行銀邊殖 / 江蘇 / 1 / 1 / 江蘇 / 壹圓 / 荒 / 年三國民華中 / 壹圓 / 製局刷印部政財

Reverse Image: Bank name at top, denomination at center.

Reverse Text: $1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / NO. 0020523 / NO. 0020523 / $1 YI YUAN $1 / $1 / KIANGSU / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1st 1914 / $1 / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, PEKING CHINA.

Description:

[[Obverse Text]]

壹圓 / 壹圓 / SU0020523 / SU0020523 / 券換兑行銀邊殖 / 江蘇 / 1 / 1 / 江蘇 / 壹圓 / 荒 / 年三國民華中 / 壹圓 / 製局刷印部政財

[[Transliteration]]

YI / YUAN / YI / YUAN / QUAN / HUAN / DUI / XING / YIN / BIAN / ZHI / JIANG / SU / JIANG / SU / YI / YUAN / HUANG / NIAN / SAN / GUO / MIN / HUA / ZHONG / YI / YUAN / ZHI / JU / SHUA / YIN / BU / ZHENG / CAI

[[Reverse Text]]

$1 / THE BANK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT / $1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / NO 0020523 / NO 0020523 / $1 / 壹圓 / $1 / KCHING / ACCT / HOU KU / MANAGER / $1 / KIANGSU / ONE DOLLAR / DEC 1ST 1914 / $1 / 71.348.585

[[Transliteration]]

YI / YUAN

Location:

Currently not on view

Credit Line:

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh

ID Number:

NU.71.348.0585

Catalog number:

71.348.0585

Accession number:

298051

Serial number:

SU0020523

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Chinese Banknotes

Chinese Paper Money

NNC Chinese Bank Notes

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-92b7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1881897