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| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 2 Jiao (0.2) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette at left consists of an oval frame enclosing a detailed view of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. To the right, a large ornate guilloche panel bears the Chinese denomination characters 貳角 in the centre, with the bank name 行銀國中 in the upper border and subsidiary text below. Denomination numerals 貳角 are repeated in the right margins. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, captioned GOVERNOR and MANAGER respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀國中 貳角 國幣輔助貳角幣通即國 (Translation: Bank of China Two Jiao; National Currency Subsidiary Coins Two Jiao Immediately Negotiable) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINA КИТАЙСКIЙ БАНКЪ PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE TWENTY CENTS NATIONAL CURRENCY SUBSIDIARY COINS SHANGHAI ХАРБИН 20 20 20 20 |
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