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2 Chiao / 20 Cents Beei Hai Bank
| Issuer | Beei Hai Bank (北海銀行) |
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| Year | 31 (1942) |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print with Chinese text reading right to left. A vignette at left shows figures near a city gate, flanked by square seal-script overprints. Denomination and bank name inscriptions frame the composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | 貳 - 貳 角 - 角 行銀海北 角貳 年一拾三國民華中 山 - 山 東 - 東 角貳 - 角貳 (Translation: 2 Chiao - 2 Chiao Bank of Pei Hai 2 Chiao Year 31 of the Republic of China 2 Chiao - 2 Chiao) |
| Reverse description | Brown letterpress print with an ornate guilloche underprint at centre bearing the large numeral "20". "TWENTY CENTS" appears in decorative cartouches to either side, with "BEEI HAI BANK" and "SAN TUNG" inscribed across the upper border. |
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