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5 Yuan / Dollars Bank of China
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of the Peking pagoda (Beihai White Pagoda) set within an elaborate guilloche frame, flanked on left and right by large Chinese numerals 伍圓 against a fine lathe-work underprint in red and green. Four floral rosette ornaments occupy the corners. Branch name 建福 (Fukien) appears at lower left and right. Two signature panels at bottom centre carry printed labels GOVERNOR and MANAGER. Serial numbers in red are printed at upper left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀國中 伍 圓 銀通兌憑 圓用付票 印年七國民華中 司公票鈔國美 (Translation: Bank of China 5 Yuan Redeem general Silver Dollars by note Printed in the 7th year of the Republic of China American Bank Note Company) |
| Reverse description | Predominantly purple intaglio-printed design centred on a large guilloche oval bearing the denomination FIVE DOLLARS / LOCAL CURRENCY in bold lettering, flanked by numeral 5 panels at left and right within further guilloche work. The heading BANK OF CHINA appears at top, with the promise text below it. Branch name FUKIEN is printed in large capitals at centre bottom, with serial numbers in red at lower left and right, date SEPTEMBER 1918 beneath, and the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY at the foot. |
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