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2 Jiao / 20 Cents Bank of China
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1912-1948) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-green on a pale underprint and carries an elaborate guilloche border with scalloped edges and floral corner ornaments. A central oval vignette presents an engraved view of the Seventeen-Arch Bridge over Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace, with the bronze ox visible at the water's edge. The bank name in large Chinese characters (中國銀行) occupies the middle register, flanked by the denomination 貳角 in bold calligraphic script, with a red serial number printed in an oval cartouche at the top and a multi-line Chinese text panel at the foot giving the date in the Republic of China calendar (民國十四年). |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on a fine guilloche underprint, with a matching scalloped border and numeral-20 medallions in each corner. The issuer name BANK OF CHINA appears in bold letterpress across the top, below which a small scroll panel carries the promise-to-pay legend. A large intaglio numeral 20 dominates the centre above the denomination panel TWENTY CENTS in bold serif capitals. Two manuscript signatures appear in an oval cartouche, identified by the printed titles GOVERNOR and MANAGER respectively, with the red serial number repeated below. The date 1ST JULY 1925 and place name SHANGHAI are printed at the foot, with the printer's imprint WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE ONE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY IN EXCHANGE FOR FIVE SUBSIDIARY COIN NOTES OF TWENTY CENTS 20 CENTS TWENTY CENTS GOVERNOR MANAGER 1ST JULY 1925 SHANGHAI WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON |
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