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1 Yuan / Dollar Bank of China

Issuer Bank of China
Year 1912
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Portrait vignette of Li Hung Chang in an oval frame at left, rendered in intaglio with fine cross-hatching detail. Large Chinese characters 壹圓 (One Yuan) occupy the centre field, flanked by guilloche ornamental panels and denomination ovals reading 壹圓 at each corner. A second oval vignette at right presents a train passing a hillside village with a fortified gate, surrounded by an ornate floral and scrollwork border.
Obverse lettering 壹 圓
(Translation: One Yuan)
中國銀行
民圓壹光兌壹圓
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Reverse lettering ONE DOLLAR
BAND OF CHINA
PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BANK
1ST OCTOBER 1909
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