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1 Dollar Peiyang Bond
| Issuer | Peiyang Tientsin Bank |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S2526 |
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| Obverse lettering | PEIYANG TIENTSIN BANK 北洋天津銀張 壹圓 私刻假造照私鑄仿造罪 通用大銀圓記票不認人 ONE DOLLAR 1 |
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| 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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The Peiyang Tientsin Bank was one of several short-lived provincial institutions that emerged during the last years of the Qing dynasty, when regional military governors — in this case the Beiyang clique under Yuan Shikai's sphere of influence — sought independent financial instruments to fund local administration and army payroll. The bank's name reflects that political alignment directly: "Peiyang" was synonymous with Yuan Shikai's northern military network, not a neutral geographic descriptor.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced the plate work in London to a high engraved standard, as was their practice for Chinese provincial clients during this period. The bank did not survive the republican transition of 1912, which severely limits the window of genuine circulation for any note in this series.