1 Yuan, China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: Waterlow & Sons Limited
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) yuan note
label: Description (Brief)
content: China & South Sea Bank, Shanghai, China, 1927
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 壹元 / 中南銀行 / 壹元 / 上海 / 壹圓 / 上海 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹圓 / 一元 / Z767950 / 中華民國十六年印 / 一元
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK LIMITED / Z767950 / 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,
label: Description
content: [[Obverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 壹元 / 中南銀行 / 壹元 / 上海 / 壹圓 / 上海 / 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹圓 / 一元 / Z767950 / 中華民國十六年印 / 一元
label: Description
content: [[Reverse Text]]
label: Description
content: ONE / $1 / THE CHINA & SOUTH SEA BANK, LIMITED / Z767950 / 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 / SHANGHAI / 1 YUAN / 1927 / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON / 74.17.667
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: 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.74.17.667
label: accession number
content: 315247
label: catalog number
content: 74.17.667
label: serial number
content: Z767950
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.3 cm x 6.5 cm x .01 cm; 4 27/32 in x 2 9/16 in x in