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100 Dollars Ta-Ching Government Bank, unissued
| Issuer | Ta-Ching Government Bank |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Orange and green note with a central large vertical Chinese denomination 壹百圓 flanked by two oval vignettes: the left vignette bears a portrait of a senior Chinese official in traditional Qing court attire, while the right vignette shows the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The bank title 大清銀行兌換券 runs across the top, and the denomination 壹百圓 is repeated in guilloche panels at each corner and along the side margins. The date inscription 宣統元年印造 appears beneath the central denomination. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in orange and dark olive-green intaglio, the reverse centres on a scenic vignette of a traditional Chinese lakeside pavilion with figures in the foreground, enclosed within an elaborate foliate border. The English bank title THE TA-CHING GOVERNMENT BANK arcs across the upper portion, with the promise text and ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS displayed prominently. Serial number panels reading No. 000000 appear at upper left and right, numeral 100 counters occupy the lateral fields, and ACCT. and MANAGER signature lines appear at the foot. A red SPECIMEN overprint is present across the lower centre, and the date 1ST OCTOBER 1909 is printed at the bottom. |
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The Ta-Ching Government Bank was established by imperial edict in 1905 as the Qing dynasty's first attempt at a centrally controlled state bank, intended to consolidate the chaotic mess of provincial note-issuing institutions that had proliferated since the 1890s. The American Bank Note Company contract was part of a broader push to produce notes that would command confidence through sheer technical quality — intaglio printing, fine-line security work — at a moment when Chinese public trust in paper currency was essentially nonexistent.
The dynasty collapsed in 1912 before this denomination ever reached circulation. Most of the unissued stock survived precisely because it never left the vault.