5 Dollars, The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1926
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Waterlow & Sons Limited
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai, China, 1926
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, Shanghai to the left, Confucius to the right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 伍 / CBD086775 / 中國通商銀行 / CBD086775 / 伍 / 汞 / 汞 / 上海 / 伍圓 / 上海 / 憑票兌付通用銀圓 / 汞 / 汞 / 伍 / 中華民國十五年一月印 / 伍 / 倫敦華德路公司印
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, coat of arms at center.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 5 / THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA / 5 / 5 / CBD 086775 / CBD 086775 / 5 / DIRECTOR / CHIEF MANAGER / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND /AT ITS OFFICE HERE VALUE RECEIVED / FIVE DOLLARS / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, / JANUARY 1926 / SHANGHAI / WATERLOW & SONS LTD. LONDON.
label: Description
content: [[Obverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 伍 / CBD086775 / 中國通商銀行 / CBD086775 / 伍 / 汞 / 汞 / 上海 / 伍圓 / 上海 / 憑票兌付通用銀圓 / 汞 / 汞 / 伍 / 中華民國十五年一月印 / 伍 / 倫敦華德路公司印
label: Description
content: [[Translation]]
label: Description
content: five / CBD086775 / The Commercial Bank of China / CBD086775 / five / Gong / Gong / Shanghai / five yuan / Shanghai / Gong / Gong / use this banknote to pay standard silver currency / five / printed in January of the fifteenth year of the Republic of China / five / printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited London
label: Description
content: [[Reverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 5 / THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA / 5 / 汞 / 汞 / CBD086775 / CBD086775 / 5 / 5 / T.K.CHU / DIRECTOR / HSIEH KUANG FOO /
label: Description
content: CHIEF MANAGER / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE VALUE RECEIVED / 汞 / 汞 / 5 / FIVE DOLLARS / 5 / BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS / JANUARY, 1926 / SHANGHAI / WATERLOW & SONS LTD LONDON / 74.17.552
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Shanghai, Shanghai
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_07
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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.74.17.552
label: catalog number
content: 74.17.552
label: accession number
content: 315247
label: serial number
content: CBD 086775
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 15.1 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 5 15/16 in x in