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1 Dollar Imperial Chinese Railways
| Issuer | Imperial Chinese Railways |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1898-1911) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper, the obverse centres on an intaglio vignette of a steam locomotive hauling passenger carriages through a landscape with the Great Wall of China and a fortified gate tower in the background, a flagpole bearing the Imperial Chinese dragon flag at centre. The title IMPERIAL CHINESE RAILWAYS appears on a ribbon banner above the vignette, with guilloche rosettes carrying the numeral 1 at each corner of the note. A script promise-to-pay text with authorisation by order of the Directors, dated January 2nd 1899, is placed below the vignette, with the serial number at lower left and the denomination ONE DOLLAR repeated in the outer border on all four sides. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMPERIAL CHINESE RAILWAYS Promise to pay on demand at any of its Offices One Dollar or its equivalent in local currency. By Order of the Directors. January 2nd 1899 |
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| Reverse lettering | 大清光緒 憑票計取洋銀壹圓 山海關內外鐵路局 |
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