1 Dollar, Bank of China, Peking, China, 1909/1912
date: label: date made
content: 1912
label: date made
content: 1909
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: Bank of China, Peking, China, 1909/1912
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, portrait of Li Hung Chan to the left, hillside village with a railroad to the right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 壹 / 1409650 / 大清銀行兑換券 / 1409650 / 壹 / 壹圓 / [[stamp]] 銀行 / [[stamp]] 北京 / [[upside down]] 廣[?]皮 / [[stamp]] 東 / 壹圓 / [[overlaid stamp]] 宣統元年印造 / 壹圓 / [[stamp]] 北京 / [[stamp]] 中國 / 壹圓 / 壹 / [[stamp]] / 元年 / 壹圓 / 兑換券 / 壹圓 / 民國 / [[stamp]] 中國銀行 / 壹圓 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at sides, waterfront park at center.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 1 / NO. 1409650 / (the ta-ching government bank) / NO. 1409650 / 1 / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / 1 ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / 1 ONE / 1 / 1 / ACCT. / 1ST OCTOBER 1909. / MANAGER / 1 / BANK OF CHINA / PEKING / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
label: Description
content: [[Obverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 壹 / 1409650 / 大清銀行兑換券 / 1409650 / 壹 / 壹圓 / [[stamp]] 銀行 / [[stamp]] 北京 / [[upside down]] 廣[?]皮 / [[stamp]] 東 / 壹圓 / [[overlaid stamp]] 宣統元年印造 / 壹圓 / [[stamp]] 北京 / [[stamp]] 中國 / 壹圓 / 壹 / [[stamp]] / 元年 / 壹圓 / 兑換券 / 壹圓 / 民國 / [[stamp]] 中國銀行 / 壹圓 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK.
label: Description
content: [[Reverse Text]]
label: Description
content: 1 / No.1409650 / THE TACHING GOVERNMENT BANK / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY / No.1409650 / 1 / 1 ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR/ 1 / 1 / ACCT. [[signature]] C.I.CHANG / 1ST OCTOBER 1909. / BANK OF CHINA / PEKING / MANAGER [[signature]] / 1 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Peking
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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_Transcription_Center_Chinese_Banknote_03
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content: NNC Chinese Bank Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. and Mrs. Robert O.D. Hopkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU72939
label: catalog number
content: NU72939
label: accession number
content: 248938
label: serial number
content: 1409650
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.15 cm x 15.3 cm x .01 cm; 3 7/32 in x 6 1/32 in x in