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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 3206184, member: 75143&quot;]1935 China Bank of Communications 5 Yuan.</p><p>Using the 1933-34 Chinese 1 Yuan silver coin as a benchmark, 5 Yuan in 1935 is worth the equivalent of about $110.00 USD in 2018 values.</p><p>The note cost me $2.50.</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraver of the note is Thomas De La Rue of London. It seems like TDLR and ABNC were the two main competitors, with very similar quality and style of engraving. I might give the artistic edge to ABNC, who I think make a slightly nicer look to their engravings.</p><p>The obverse features the reason I bought the note: a cool vignette of a Chinese junk ship!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]831103[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse shows a small vignette of Longevity Hill, from Empress Dowager Cixi&#039;s Summer Palace. The main building in the vignette is the magnificent Tower of Buddhist Incense.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]831104[/ATTACH] </p><p>I did a presentation on Cixi&#039;s artistic patronage, including how much she spent. I did a calculation of how much she was said to have spent, and came up with somewhere around $500 million in 2017 values. </p><p>The amount spend on the Summer Palace, if it was a country&#039;s GDP, would be #25 in the world. Yikes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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