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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1734493, member: 19065&quot;]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Bank_of_China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Bank_of_China" rel="nofollow">The Farmers Bank of China</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Bank_of_China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Bank_of_China" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>10 Yuan note, Printed by <a href="http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_la_Rue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_la_Rue" rel="nofollow">Thomas De La Rue, London</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The date which this note was printed appears in Chinese characters (read from right to left), found on the center, bottom of the note on the side depicting farmers at work.&nbsp; Printed (印) in Year 24 (年24) of the Republic of China (中華民國), and is about 1934/5 in the western calendar. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minguo_calendar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minguo_calendar" rel="nofollow">ROC calendar dating</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.boc.cn/en/aboutboc/ab4/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.boc.cn/en/aboutboc/ab4/" rel="nofollow">The Bank of China</a> webpage has English pages with a lot of examples of their currency through various periods.&nbsp; As you can imagine, there is a depth of history there due to a lot of social change over the years that have impacted everything, including, various iterations of the currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect Chinese notes, but I especially find those printed by Western countries using their engraving techniques and aesthetics, interesting to read about. </p><p>Here&#039;s another neat <a href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesepapermoney.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/chinesepapermoney.html" rel="nofollow"><b>site </b></a>that talks about a lot of the imagery on older Chinese notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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