5 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1924
date: label: date made
content: 1924
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 yuan note
label: Description (Brief)
content: China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1924
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at right, Sundial at left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 伍 / BP173142 / 中南銀行 / 中華民國十三年印 / BP173142 / 伍 / 伍 / 伍 / 上海 / 伍圓 / 上海 / 政府特許發行 / 伍 / COUNTERSIGNED / 憑票即付中華民國國幣伍圓正 / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 伍 / 美國鈔票公司
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content: Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center and to the sides.
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content: Reverse Text: 5 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / 5 / Y / NO. BP173142 / V / NO. BP173142 / Y / H / HK / 5 / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ISSUED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / 5 / 5 / HK / H / 5 / Y / 5 / SHANGHAI / 5 / Y/ 5 / CHAIRMAN / 1924 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
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content: [[Obverse Text]]
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content: 伍 / BP173142 / 中南銀行 / 中華民國十三年印 / BP173142 / 伍 / 伍 / 伍 / 上海 / 伍圓 / 上海 / 政府特許發行 / 伍 / COUNTERSIGNED / 憑票即付中華民國國幣伍圓正 / MANAGING DIRECTOR / 伍 / 美國鈔票公司
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content: [[Translation]]
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content: five / BP173142 / The China & South Sea Bank Limited / printed in year thirteen of the Republic of China / BP173142 / five / five / five / Shanghai / five yuan / Shanghai / issued by special permission of the government / five / COUNTERSIGNED / use this coupon to pay national currency of the Republic of China five yuan / MANAGING DIRECTOR / five / American Bank Note Company
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content: [[Reverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 5 / BP173142 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / BP173142 / 5 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE / 5 / 5 / FIVE YUAN / 5 / 5 / OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF / THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ISSUED BY SPECIAL / PERMISSION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT / 5 / 5 / SHANGHAI / 1924 / 5 / 5 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY / 74.7.659
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Shanghai
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Chinese Banknotes
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content: Chinese Paper Money
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content: NNC Chinese Bank Notes
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content: NNC_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_06
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.74.17.659
label: accession number
content: 315247
label: catalog number
content: 74.17.659
label: serial number
content: 173142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.4 cm x 17.6 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/16 in x 6 15/16 in x in