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50 Cents Ta-Ching Government Bank
| Uitgever | Ta-Ching Government Bank |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1907 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 天奉 天泰 奉天通用銀圓 光緒三十三年印 通永為執 用達照此 五 角 失不即憑 票掛付票 券换兌行銀部戶清大 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in orange-red on a pale ground, with the bank title THE 'TA CHING' GOVERNMENT BANK arched across the top in bold letterpress. A central vignette shows a heraldic shield supported by two lions, set within a guilloche oval border. The promise-to-pay text is arranged in two columns flanking the vignette, with the denomination FIFTY CENTS in large bold letters in a solid panel below, and the serial number, branch name FENGTIEN, and date 1st May 1907 along the bottom edge. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Ta-Ching Government Bank was established by imperial edict in 1905 as part of the Qing dynasty's belated attempt to modernize China's financial infrastructure and displace the foreign banks that had come to dominate large-scale currency circulation in the treaty ports. This 50-cent note belongs to the bank's earliest issued series, printed before the 1911 revolution rendered the institution and its currency obsolete almost overnight.
Surviving examples from this 1907 issue are genuinely scarce. The bank's operational window was short, redemption chaotic, and much of the remaining stock was destroyed or simply abandoned after the dynasty fell.