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3 Tiao Yuan Heng Li Empire private bank issue
| Issuer | Li Yuanheng Private Bank (利元亨錢莊) |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Value | 3 Tiao |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on buff paper with a decorative floral guilloche border running the full perimeter. The bank name 利元亨 (Li Yuanheng) appears in large Chinese characters within a cartouche at the upper centre. A circular central vignette carries the denomination numeral 參 (three) rendered in an ornamental stacked script. Flanking text panels bear the customary Chinese private bank disclaimers, and a rectangular architectural vignette in the lower half shows a traditional courtyard building in fine line engraving. The numeral 3 appears in the lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | 利元亨 參 認票不認人 概不掛失票 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries traditional Chinese decorative motifs and text panels consistent with private qianzhuang (錢莊) issues of the late Qing to early Republican period, with the denomination stated in both Chinese characters and Western Arabic numerals. |
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