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1 Dollar
| Uitgever | General Bank of Communications |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Brown on yellow underprint with black text; central oval vignette shows a ship dockside with a steam passenger train at center, flanked by ornate guilloche panels. Issuer title "GENERAL BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS" and branch designation "HANKOW" appear across the top. Date "March 1st 1909" and denomination "ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY" inscribed below the vignette. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Ship dockside with a steam passenger train at center. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The General Bank of Communications (交通银行, Jiaotong Yinhang) was established by imperial decree in 1908 to manage railway, telegraph, and postal revenues — a financing instrument for infrastructure, not a conventional commercial bank. Notes issued in its first years carried real institutional weight; the bank held a privileged relationship with Qing government assets at a moment when the dynasty had perhaps a decade left.
Chung Ming Printing Agency was one of the few domestic Chinese security printers operating at this period, before the Republic-era contracts shifted heavily toward foreign firms like American Bank Note Company and Waterlow & Sons. A domestically printed Qing-era dollar note is the exception, not the rule.