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1 Yuan / Dollar Bank of China
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A central oval vignette of the Temple of Heaven occupies the face within an intricate red guilloche border, flanked by rectangular panels bearing the denomination characters 壹圓 against a green underprint. The issuer's name 中國銀行 runs along the top margin, with red serial numbers at upper left and upper right. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre, attributed to the Governor and Manager respectively, separated by a small official seal. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on a cream ground, the reverse is dominated by three large interlocking guilloche rosettes of varying size arranged horizontally across the central field. The bilingual bank name BANK OF CHINA and its Cyrillic equivalent КИТАЙСКIЙ БАНКЪ head the note, with the promise-to-pay legend below; the denomination ONE DOLLAR and the inscription NATIONAL CURRENCY appear in the lower portion, flanked by the place-name HARBIN in Latin script at left and ХАРБИНЪ in Cyrillic at right. The date SEPTEMBER 1918 and the imprint AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY are set at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINA КИТАЙСКIЙ БАНКЪ PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE DOLLAR NATIONAL CURRENCY HARBIN ХАРБИНЪ SEPTEMBER 1918 AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY |
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