50 Dollars
date: label: date made
content: 1941
notes: label: Description
content: This is a 50-dollar Air Force bond issued by China in 1941. The Nationalist government created Patriotic Aviation bonds to raise funds for new aircraft. Because of the Second Sino-Japanese war, the Republic of China Air Force lost several aircrafts and needed to replenish them to resist the air forces of Japan. The government issued U.S. dollar denominations of 5, 10, 50, and 100, likely targeted toward expatriate Chinese. The bonds do not mention interest payments, but they state repayment five years after the end of the war. An image of Boeing P-26 aircraft is on the bonds, honoring the service of the Chinese Air Force. The goal was to raise $50,000,000 towards the purchase of new planes. However, despite the efforts to raise money they only received eleven aircraft.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Americans
label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0268.18
label: accession number
content: 2019.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0268.18
label: serial number
content: 015907
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bond
label: Object Type
content: Bond
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.7 cm x 24 cm x .01 cm; 5 13/32 in x 9 7/16 in x in