Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 10.2 cm x 18.8 cm x .01 cm; 4 1/32 in x 7 13/32 in x in

Object Name:

note

Place made:

China

Date made:

1938

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers

Description (Brief):

One (1) 10 dollar note

Federal Reserve Bank of China, China, 1938

Obverse Image: Chinese characters at top and bottom, portrait of Kuan-yь to the left, dragon flying over the Great Wall to the right.

Obverse Text: 10 / 拾 / $10 / 中國聯合準備銀行 / $10 / 拾 / 10 / CO719598 / CO719598 / 拾 / $10 / 中華民國二十七年印 / $10 / 北京印刷局製

Reverse Image: Denomination to the sides and at center

Reverse Text: 拾 / $10 / THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHINA / $10 / 拾 /圓拾 / 拾 / $10 / $10 / TEN DOLLARS / $10 / $10 / 拾

Description:

[[Obverse Text]

10 / 拾 / $10 / 中國聯合準備銀行 / $10 / 拾 / 10 / CO719598 / CO719598 / 拾 / $10 / 中華民國二十七年印 / $10 / 北京印刷局製

[[Transliteration]]

SHI / XING / YIN / BEI / DAO / HE / LIAN / GUO / ZHONG / SHI / YIN / SHI / NIAN / QI / SHI / ER / GUO / MIN / HUA / ZHONG

[[Reverse Text]]

拾 / $10 / THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHINA / $10 / 拾 /圓拾 / 拾 / $10 / $10 / TEN DOLLARS / $10 / $10 / 拾

[[Transliteration]]

SHI / SHI / YUAN / SHI / SHI / SHI

Location:

Currently not on view

Credit Line:

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh

ID Number:

NU.71.348.0614

Catalog number:

71.348.0614

Accession number:

298051

Serial number:

C0719598

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/ng49ca746b3-987e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1887473