1 Dollar Peiyang Bond

Issuer	Peiyang Tientsin Bank
Year	1910
Type	Local banknote
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Obverse description	The obverse is printed in green and rust-red tones on a cream ground, with an elaborate guilloche underprint covering the entire field. At the top, the bank title 'PEIYANG TIENTSIN BANK' is set within a decorative banner flanked by scrollwork. Two confronted dragon vignettes in intaglio occupy the upper register, framing a central oval cartouche bearing the large Chinese denomination character 壹圓 (One Dollar) alongside vertical anti-counterfeiting text. To the lower left, an oval vignette presents an intaglio view of the bank building, while to the lower right a corresponding oval carries a portrait of an elderly Chinese official in traditional dress. Corner numerals '1' and Chinese characters appear at each margin.
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Reverse description	The reverse is printed in brown and olive tones, dominated by a large central dragon watermark-style vignette rendered in pale green intaglio against a guilloche ground. The header repeats 'PEIYANG TIENTSIN BANK' and the footer bears the place-name 'TIENTSIN' within a decorative panel. The central field is densely filled with vertical columns of Chinese text setting out the terms and conditions of the note, flanked on the left by two columns of Manchu script. Corner medallions contain Chinese characters for the denomination.
Reverse lettering	PEIYANG TIENTSIN BANK TIENTSIN 壹桓公間管子曰請問常乘馬管子對曰始取大三大夫之家方六里而一乘二十七人而奉一乘幣來馬者若干殺若方六里田之美居若千數之多買若千殺之賤若幾方六里用幣若千殼之重用幣若千數幣乘馬者布幣於國幣為一國陸地之數調之幣乘馬右師錄管子 (Manchu script columns)
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