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50 Yuan Bank of Communications
| Issuer | Bank of Communications |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Orange intaglio print on a white ground with blue guilloche underprint. A central arch vignette presents a steam locomotive hauling a freight train through a dramatic mountain pass, rendered in fine engraved line work. The bank title 交通銀行 appears across the top in Chinese characters, flanked by serial number panels, with the denomination 伍拾圓 displayed in large characters within ornate guilloche cartouches on each side; the inscription 華民國三年印 appears in a tablet below the bank title, and the printer's imprint reads AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 交通銀行 華民國三年印 財政部核定 憑票即付中華民國幣伍拾圓正 伍拾圓 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK. |
| Reverse description | Orange intaglio print on a white ground, centered on a large arched vignette of a steamship under full sail and steam on open seas, engraved with exceptional detail. Large numeral 50 counters occupy ornate guilloche rosettes at left and right, with the denomination FIFTY YUAN and the legend OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. inscribed along the lower border; the bank title BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS and the promise clause PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE run across the top panel, and the date OCTOBER 1ST 1914. together with the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK. appear at the foot. |
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