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| Issuer | Ta-Ching Government Bank |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1903-1912) |
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| Obverse lettering | 大清銀行兌換券 拾圓 宣統元寶印 00000 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in green and mauve intaglio on a fine guilloche ground, with a large central landscape vignette of the Forbidden City walls and moat in Beijing. The bold English bank title THE TA-CHING GOVERNMENT BANK arcs across the upper portion, below which a promise-to-pay clause reads in English. The denomination TEN DOLLARS is stated in full along the lower centre flanked by numeral 10 counters at each corner, with the date 1ST OCTOBER 1909 printed at the bottom; zeroed specimen serial numbers 00000 appear in red at upper left and right, and the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK is present at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | THE TA-CHING GOVERNMENT BANK TEN DOLLARS 10 1ST OCTOBER 1909 ACCT MANAGER AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK 00000 |
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