Three more to add today Bank of Communications $10 1914 Shanghai Red/Blue Governor T S Wong signed in black Front Value in Chinese each side of picture of Bank building & tram Rev Value each side of picture of Ship and Train & Horses and cart Watermark No P118o Central Bank of China 10c 1940 Green Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat Sen Rev Value in English Watermark no P226 $1 1945 Blue/Brown Front Value in Chinese each side of portrait of Chiang Ka Shek Rev Value in English, Temple on hillside overlooking river Watermark No P387 The 1914 is rather special I think the engraving work is superb, you can even see the hands of the clock in the tower
Have managed to get myself what looks to be a rather good book on the notes of the four main Chinese banks And it is English as well as Chinese LOL http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230161768494&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT Got to wait for it to ship from China now LOL
Well only one today LOL but rather a nice one Bank of Communications $10 1935 Red/Yellow Front Value in ChineseHigh voltage electric towers Rev Value in English, Pagoda on hill by shoreline, Spiderweb cachet Watermark No P155
Two today that are slightly different to the run of the mill Chinese notes :smile the first was issued by the Japanese occupying forces for the puppet regiem in Peking Federal Reserve Bank of China (Issued for for the puppet government in Beijing by the Japanese). 10 fen 1938 Brown Front Tower of Summer Place Rev Cachet with value Watermark No PJ48 And the second was issued to replace notes issued by the Japanese during the war years in the North eastern Provinces it is one of the later issues:thumb: Republic Issue North-Eastern Provinces (Issued by the Central Bank of China to replace those issued by the puppet bank) $10000 Brown/Blue Front City Gate Rev Great Wall of China Watermark No P386 To view just click on the link in my sig :thumb:
Three more Chinese including one with a very distinct & different Hand stamp LOL Central Bank of China $1000 1945 Brown/Red Front Value in Chinese at corners & each side of Sun Yat-sen portrait Rev Value in English $10 1948 Green/Olive/Red Front Value in Chinese, portrait of Chiang Kai-Shek Rev Value in English, Modern Bank building Farmers Bank of China $5 Hand stamped 'Merry Xmas 1944' Blue/Red Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen Rev Value in English, Handstamp, Farm building, Cow Watermark Sun Yat-sen I have quite a few more Chinese to list some I know very little about so as I am listing them if you know anything about them it would be helpful LOL Here are three more Shantung Yu Ming Bank 1941 50 Cents Orange Gen Manager T P Liu Ass Manager T F Wee Front Value in Chinese & English Rev Value in Chinese, Locomotive 1944 $50 Brown/Blue/Red Gen Manager T P Liu Ass Manager T F Wee Front Value in Chinese & English, Small cachet with pagoda Rev Value in Chinese & English, Pagoda Ta Han Szechuan Military Government 1912 $1 Brown/Gray/B;ack/Red Front Value in Chinese & two chop marks Rev Chinese writting, serial #, Chop mark To view just follow the link in my sig
Five more and yes I know that technicaly one is not a banknote LOL but I like it, also have something else a bit different coming up :kewl: Sinkiang Commercial & Industrial 1946 $500 Brown/Green Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen Rev Value in English & Arabic?, Picture of Bank building Kiangsu Provincial Bank 1936 $1600 Check Front Value & Bank Seal Ok not quite a bank note but still related LOL Kwangtung Provincial Bank $5 1931 Red Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen, O/P Local Currency & Chinese writting Rev Value in English, Pagoda in center Central Bank of China 1930 $5 Green/Blue/Red Overprinted TC Ji Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen Rev Value in English, Temple on top of Hill in countryside 1930 $5 Green/Blue/Red Overprinted Qin Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen Rev Value in English, Temple on top of Hill in countryside
DeOrc... I love those ealy Chinise notes! Our Sales Rep is back from vacation and she owes me big time. I will ask her on Tuesday! Nice note's there "Mate" RickieB
And the final four from China for now Amoy Industrial Bank 10 Cents (1 Jiao)1940 Japanese Puppet Bank Green Front Value in English & Chinese Rev Tenple, Chinese writting PS1657 Chihli-Shantung-Honan-Shensi 1927 $5 Purple/Blue Front Chinese writting Rev Value in English & Chinese writting Federal Reserve Bank of China $100 1940? (Issued for for the puppet government in Beijing by the Japanese). Brown/Orange Front Pagoda on hillside, Oriental man Rev Value in Chinese & English Mongkow Bonds $5 Blue/Red/Black Front Chinese writting Rev Chinese writting I know nothing about it at all LOL not even the date, I just liked the look of it
DeOrc... What beautiful work they did on that Brown /Orange note as well as the Green 10 cent note! I could swear that the work on the 10 cent note looks likt that of the "American Bank note Co" Fractionals!! Do you have any information on that note and who the Japanese contracted out to?? RickieB
Know what you mean Rickie but having difficulty finding info on the Amoy notes other than it was a Japanese operation rather than a Chinese local Bank issue, I do know that the American Bank note Co did a awful lot of notes for the Chinese market, so it is allways a possibility.
It is doubtful that the Amoy note was printed by American Bank Note. It would have been a violation of US law for a US company to contract with any of the Axis Powers during the war. American Bank Note printed a number of notes for the Chinese government in Nanking who would have been very unhappy if ABNC was printing notes for the Japanese in China at the same time.
The note was issued in 1940 but might have been produced prior to WWII starting so there is a possibility it could have been produced by ABNC. As I say though I still dont know enough about it to say for sure one way or another.
The title is "All The Money In The World" by Douglas Mudd. The descriptions are brief but the pictures are very nice.
And todays offerings are as follows LOL Central Bank China 1931 10c Green Front Temple & Value in Chinese Rev Value in English P202 Kwangtung Provincial Bank 1934 10c Red Front River scene Rev Value in English S2431 Central Reserve Bank of China 1941 50f Green/Blue/Yellow/Red Front Dragon, Oriental Man, Dragon Rev Building Watermark Oriental Man J141 Hope that you all like them as much as I do
Two more to add today Shantung private bank 30c 1938 Blue/Red Front Value in Chinese Temple scene Rev Value in English & Chinese Meng Chiang Bank. (Inner Mongolian Japanese Puppet Bank) 10c Red/Black/Blue Front Camels Rev Fancy cachet & value in Chinese
