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10 Yuan Bank of Pei Hai

Issuer Bank of Pei Hai (北海银行)
Year 1945
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description Brown letterpress print on cream paper with ornate floral corner vignettes and decorative border. Central vignette shows a riverside landscape with boats and distant buildings; serial number C211198 appears twice in the upper field flanking the bank title 北海銀行 (Bank of Pei Hai). Two red official seal impressions appear in the lower centre, with the date inscription 中民國三十四年 (Republic of China Year 34) along the bottom margin; denomination 拾圓 (10 Yuan) is rendered in large characters on both sides of the central vignette, with 山東 (Shandong) inscribed vertically at the outer left and right margins.
Obverse lettering 北海銀行
拾圓
山東
C211198
中民國三十四年
Reverse description Green guilloche underprint with elaborate symmetrical lathe-work design centred on a large numeral 10 within an intricate rosette. The legend BOXAI INXANG (romanised rendering of Pei Hai Bank) appears in a cartouche at the top, with numeral 10 repeated in each corner; the inscription SHAN DUNG and the year 1945 are printed in a panel at the base of the central design.
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