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| Emittente | Bank of China |
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| Anno | 1918 |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Dimensioni | 149 × 83 mm |
| Forma | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | Central vignette of the Temple of Heaven set within an oval frame, flanked on either side by large Chinese numeral characters 壹 (one) and ornate guilloche rosettes in red and green underprint. Branch overprint 廈門 (Amoy) and 福建 (Fukien) appear in the side panels. Two manuscript signatures of the Governor and Comptroller appear at the lower centre, with a Chinese text legend below reading 銀通兌憑圓用付票. |
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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | Uniform green intaglio print dominated by three large interlocking guilloche medallions bearing the numeral 1 at centre and corners, with fine lathe-work engine-turning filling the entire field. The legend BANK OF CHINA runs across the top, with ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY in bold letters at the foot. The place and date of issue FUKIEN SEPTEMBER 1918 and the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company appear at the bottom margin, with serial numbers repeated at lower left and right. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
The Bank of China's 1918 dollar notes were issued in a fractured monetary environment — dozens of provincial and foreign banks were all circulating their own paper simultaneously, and public confidence in any single issuer varied dramatically by region. The Bank of China itself had been reorganized just six years earlier from the old Qing dynasty's Da-Qing Bank, and its authority to issue nationally recognized currency was still being negotiated in practice, if not on paper.
Pick #51 exists in a remarkable number of place-of-payment varieties — the "q" suffix denotes a specific branch overprint, one of well over a dozen geographic variants in the series. ABNC produced a common base plate; branch identification was added separately, which is why collecting this type by locality has become a specialty in its own right.