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1 Yuan Bank of China
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan = 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of a Chinese garden pavilion set among trees and shrubbery, flanked by large Chinese characters reading 壹圓 on either side within ornate guilloche panels. The top margin bears the bank title 中國銀行 in Chinese characters, with red serial numbers printed twice across the upper portion. The lower margin carries a place-of-issue inscription indicating Harbin, Manchuria, along with red seal impressions. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中國銀行 (Bank of China) 壹圓 (One Yuan) 東三省 哈濱 (Harbin, Three Eastern Provinces) 國幣券 (National Currency Note) 中華民國五年 (Republic of China Year 5) |
| Reverse description | Predominantly salmon-red and green note with an elaborate central guilloche rosette bearing the denomination ONE YUAN in bold letterpress within an ornate cartouche. The top of the reverse carries the English bank title BANK OF CHINA in an arched legend, with numeral 1 in each corner. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower left and right, with the branch overprint HABBIN MANCHURIA and a serial number printed in red at the bottom centre. |
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