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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Ta Ch'ing Government Bank |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Chinese-language face with a central vignette of the imperial supported arms flanked by dragons within an oval guilloche border. Date inscription in Chinese characters at left reads Guangxu 32nd year; branch designation and seal impressions appear at right and lower center. Decorative frame with key-fret pattern borders the entire note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 伍圓 光緒三十二年印 北京通用銀圓 幣幣戶銀館貯幣 |
| Reverse description | English-language face printed in purple, with the bank title 'THE TA-CHING GOVERNMENT BANK' in bold lettering across the top. Central vignette shows the supported imperial arms flanked by two lions, with the promise text 'Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here Five Dollars Local Currency' in two columns. 'FIVE DOLLARS' appears in a guilloche panel below, with serial number, 'PEKING' overprint, date '1st Sept. 1906', and manuscript 'Foochow' branch notation at foot. |
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