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10 dollars Mercantile Bank
| Issuer | Mercantile Bank of India, Limited |
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| Year | 1912-1941 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A red border frames the note, enclosing a central vignette rendered in green and orange with a bridge, mountain landscape, and sailing sampans attended by two foreground figures. The bank title and denomination are presented in both English and Chinese characters, with bilingual text distributed across the body of the note. Two manuscript signatures of authorized bank officers appear at the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is organized around an intricate guilloche framework of repeated scrollwork and lathe-work panels, with corner medallions each bearing the denomination numeral "10" and the inscription "DOLLARS". A central oval vignette contains a portrait of a young woman in a feathered hat, facing left. Chinese character panels flanking the vignette repeat the denomination, while the bank name "THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED" arcs around the central design. |
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| Variants | P#236a - 01.03.1912 2 serial # on front P#236b - 01.01.1930 2 serial # on back P#236c - 01.07.1936 4 serial # on back P#236d - 01.12.1937 4 serial # on back P#236e - 29.11.1941 2 serial # on back |
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