5 Yuan, Bank of Communications, Tsingtau, China, 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 yuan note
label: Description (Brief)
content: Bank of Communications, Tsingtau, China, 1914
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Chinese text, denomination to the right and left, steam passenger train at center.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 伍 / C490874 / 交通銀行 / C490874 / 伍 / 中華民國三年印 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 財政部核定 / 伍 / 伍 / 青島 / 青島 / 伍 / 憑票即付 / 中華民國 / 國幣伍圓正 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / 71.348.1237
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination in each corner and to the sides, post office at center.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. C490874 / NO. C490874 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TSINGTAU / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
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content: [[Obverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 伍 / C490874 / 交通銀行 / C490874 / 伍 / 中華民國三年印 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍圓 / 伍 / 財政部核定 / 伍 / 伍 / 青島 / 青島 / 伍 / 憑票即付 / 中華民國 / 國幣伍圓正 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK / 71.348.1237
label: Description
content: [[Translation]]
label: Description
content: SPECIMEN / SPECIMEN / five / C490874 / Bank of Communications / C490874 / five / Printed in three years of the Republic of China / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five yuan / five / Approved by the Ministry of Finance / five / five / Qingdao / Qingdao / five / Use this (ticket) to pay / the Republic of China / national currency total five yuan
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content: [[Reverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 樣本券 SPECIMEN / 5 / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / NO. C490874 / NO. C490874 / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. / 5 / TSINGTAU / 5 / OCTOBER 1ST 1914. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Shandong, Tsingtau
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_08
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content: Chinese Banknotes
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content: Chinese Paper Money
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content: NNC Chinese Bank Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leigh
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.71.348.1237
label: catalog number
content: 71.348.1237
label: accession number
content: 298051
label: serial number
content: C490874
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 15.7 cm x .01 cm; 3 9/32 in x 6 3/16 in x in