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5 Yuan / Dollars Bank of China
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1912 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 券换兑行银国中 伍 圓 (Translation: Bank of China Exchange Note Five Yuan) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of a scenic lakeside park with trees and a traditional pavilion reflected in calm water, framed by ornate floral rosette guilloche designs at each corner. The numeral 5 appears in each corner, with the bank name arching across the top and the denomination legend across the lower portion. The imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York appears at the bottom margin. |
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The Bank of China was established in February 1912 as a successor to the Qing dynasty's Ta-Ching Government Bank, rechartered under the new Republican government almost immediately after the dynasty's collapse. This note belongs to the earliest phase of that transition — printed by the American Bank Note Company before the bank had fully consolidated its position as the Republic's primary foreign exchange institution.
ABNC produced multiple denomination types for the Bank of China in this period, with place-of-payment overprints applied to distinguish notes intended for different branch cities. Collectors should confirm which branch overprint, if any, appears on individual examples, as this substantially affects scarcity.