overall: 12.2 cm x 6.5 cm x .01 cm; 4 13/16 in x 2 9/16 in x in
Object Name:
note
Place made:
China: Hubei, Wuhan
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
1927
Crowdsourcing:
Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
Description (Brief):
One (1) yuan note
China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, three vignettes with portrait busts of three women in traditional dress ( Mongolian, Han-Chinese, Manchu) at top, Yuan coin at center.
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, two vignettes with portrait busts of two women in traditional dress (Tibetan, Hui-Chinese), Yuan coin with portrait of Yuan Shikai at center.
Reverse Text: ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / ZM777896 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / ONE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / COUNTERSIGNED / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 1 YUAN / SHANGHAI / 1927 / ONE / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON,
ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED / ZM777896 / PROMISES TO PAY / THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 中華民國三年 / ONE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY / OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA / ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION / OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / ONE / HANKOW / 1 YUAN / 1927 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON / 71.348.752
