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100 Dollars Kwangtung Provincial Bank
| Issuer | Kwangtung Provincial Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A central vignette shows the campus of the National Higher Normal University in Guangzhou, framed by intricate guilloche borders. The bank name in Chinese characters is inscribed at the top, with the denomination repeated in Chinese at left, right, and corners. Inscriptions record the date as the 7th year of the Republic of China and state that the note is redeemable for silver dollars. |
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| Reverse description | The bank name "THE PROVINCIAL BANK OF KWANG TUNG PROVINCE" appears in bold lettering across the top, above an elaborate symmetrical guilloche design with three large interlocking rosettes. The denomination "100" is rendered in large numerals at center and within the flanking rosettes, with "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" in full across the lower panel; the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York, appears at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | THE PROVINCIAL BANK OF KWANG TUNG PROVINCE 壹 One 百 100 100 100 Hundred 圓 Dollars CANTON PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND JAN. 1ˢᵗ 1918 100 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK. |
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