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Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

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Shanghai in early spring ushered in a severe test of the epidemic. In order to win the battle against the new crown epidemic, the whole city has taken active actions and performed its duties, and the bank museum has also taken temporary closure measures in addition to daily epidemic prevention work.

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Cloud Exhibition · Banknote Exhibition (1)

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

China was the first country in the world to use paper money. As early as the Song Dynasty, with the rapid development of the commodity economy, the drawbacks of the small amount of metal coins that were not easy to carry and circulate began to be revealed, so paper money came into being and gradually replaced metal coins to develop into the main circulating currency.

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To the yuan pass treasure banknote two through

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

The Zhiyuan Pass Treasure Banknote is one of the earliest surviving banknotes on the mainland. Made of mulberry paper, it is dark grey. The first column of the banknote is written horizontally, "Zhiyuan Pass Treasure Banknote", under which is a manberry pattern frame, and the upper part of the frame has the banknote value "贰贯", and there are two strings of copper coins under the words. There is a line of Eight Si Ba Wen on the left and right, which means "to the Yuanbao banknote, all roads pass." On the banknote, there is a red seal of the two sides of the Basi Bawen Zhuwen, the upper part is "lifting up the treasure banknote passing through all roads", and the lower is "the seal of the treasure banknote general treasury". According to the Yuanren Tao Zongyi's "Nancun Quit Farming Record", its banknote designer Ye Li had earlier donated the first sample to the Southern Song Dynasty, but did not adopt it, and it was not issued by the Yuan government until after the song died. The Zhiyuan Tongbao banknote was officially issued in the 24th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1287) and became an important currency in circulation in the Yuan Dynasty. There are only a few Zhiyuan pass treasure banknotes that have been handed down to this day.

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Beijing official money number boutique money ticket group

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

Beijing was the capital of the Qing Dynasty and the financial center of the north. The money stamps issued by the financial institutions in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty are the finest of private banknotes, and they are also precious historical materials for the study of the financial industry, the circulation and commercial activities of the banknotes and posters in the Capital of the Qing Dynasty, and the national economy. In the 25th year of Daoguang (1845), the Qing Ministry of Internal Affairs established the five official qian numbers of Tianyuan, Tianheng, Tianli, Tianzhen and Xitianyuan, collectively known as the "Five Heavenly Officials". Since the third year of Xianfeng (1853), in order to promote the issuance and circulation of official bills of the household department and the Great Qing Treasure Banknote, the Qing government has set up Qianyu, Qianheng, Qianfeng, Qianyi, Yusheng, Yuqian, Yufeng, Yuheng and Yutai in and around the capital, collectively known as the "Four Qianwu Yuguan Numbers". Nowadays, the official number money tickets that can be seen are the "Five Heavens Official Number", as well as the official number money tickets of Qianheng, Qianfeng, Yusheng, Yuheng, etc., all of which are quite rare in Zhang theory.

The "Five-Day Official" money ticket is rare in existence, and it is the rarest variety of the "Five Days, Four Qian, Five Yu" money tickets, and it is particularly rare to have five complete pieces. This group of "Five Days Official" money tickets was collected by General Stilwell of the United States in the early years, and later belonged to the Chinese-American collector Wang Shiping.

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"Heng Heng Official Number" Hubu Official Ticket

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

The Official Hubu Ticket was issued from the third year of Xianfeng to the tenth year of Xianfeng, with a total of four editions, of which the first edition was the rarest in handwriting. This version of the "Qianheng Official" household official ticket is handwritten one or two, the face value, number, and date of issue are all hand-filled in by brush, and the total number of official tickets of this denomination is within fifty pieces, which is very rare. The "Four Qianguan Numbers" are generally stamped on the Qing Dynasty Beijing Official Money Bills, and it is extremely rare to stamp them on the Hubu Official Ticket Banknotes, and the handwritten handwriting of the "Qianheng Official Number" Hubu Official Tickets was issued earlier, and it was the first edition of the Tianzi Number. The back is stamped with the official stamp of "Hubu QianhengGuan", which is an out-of-print treasure that collectors dream of.

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Minister Chincha's general grain taiwan silver ticket Wu picked up two

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

Chinese paper money began in the Northern Song Dynasty, with the issuance and circulation of official paper money, roughly from the Ming Dynasty, private financial institutions such as money houses, money shops, silver shops and silver trumpets issued money bills or silver bills that could be exchanged. Due to the ease of use, money tickets and silver tickets were gradually promoted, and the Qing Dynasty became more prevalent. This ticket is a silver ticket for the minister of Chincha's grain station, which is very rare. Straight ticket type, book seal style, on the book "Wang Commandery march divided into half of the vote silver Wu pick up two whole." In the first year of Guangxu (1875), the military expenditure was very large, and the country was overwhelmed, so half of the military salary was issued with silver and two, and the other half was issued with this silver ticket, which was later withdrawn. On the left is the date of payment "Yihai April 22nd", and the year of Yihai is the first year of Guangxu. It is stamped with the large seal of "General Grain Station Guanfang of the Minister of Chincha" and 3 pieces of landing seal and riding seam seal. Such silver tickets are rare in existence.

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Beiyang Tianjin silver number to color ticket set

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

In the twenty-eighth year of Qing Guangxu (1902), Yuan Shikai was appointed as the governor of the direct subordinate, in order to expand his power, decided to run his own bank, raised 500,000 taels of silver from all sides as the official capital, and then allocated 600,000 taels of silver by the bureaus as the protection book, and in August of that year, it was registered with the Ministry of Households, and the original Baoding directly subordinate official silver number was moved to Tianjin, and the Beiyang Tianjin Silver Number, also known as the Tianjin Official Silver Number, was established, and a semicolon was set up in Beijing, Shanghai, Hankou and other places. In September of the second year of Xuanun (1910), Beiyang Tianjin Silver Was renamed as the Provincial Bank. This set of banknotes is a pair of color stamps archived by Beiyang Tianjin Silver, including 6 color stamps of one hundred yuan, Wu Shiyuan and Shi yuan, which are well preserved and rare in the world.

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Fujian official bank money ticket Long Yang one yuan

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

In October of the 26th year of Qing Guangxu (1900), the Fujian Guanyin Was Established, also known as the Fujian Guanqian Bureau. Capital Taiwan flat silver 51296 two. In March of the 33rd year of Guangxu (1907), it was renamed Fujian Official Bank. The original site was Fuzhou Xiahang Street. In December 1916, it was moved to Fuxin Street. The rated capital is 1 million yuan, and the actual income is 310,000 yuan. Mainly handle foreign exchange and deposit business. At present, there is only one kind of Longyang ticket that has been seen in the bank. In the 1970s, someone found several "Fujian Official Bank Longyang One Yuan" tickets bound together in old archives, which were collected by private collectors. This dragon and foreign ticket is surrounded by double dragon play beads and seawater patterns, and the words "With the ticket to support the dragon yang one yuanzheng" in the middle of the straight book, with stubs, is a rare variety of paper money in the late Qing Dynasty, and has a high collection value.

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Daqing Bank exchange coupon circulation pick-up ticket

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

In the thirty-fourth year of the Qing Dynasty (1908), the branch of the Qing Dynasty changed the Hubu Bank to the Great Qing Bank, which was the earliest national bank in China. In the second year of Xuanun (1910), in order to unify the national currency system, the Qing government decided to print the exchange coupons of the Great Qing Bank. This is the first legal banknote issued by the National Bank approved by the central government in the modern history of the mainland, and it is also the first time in the history of the mainland that a banknote printed using steel plate engraving and printing technology is of epoch-making significance.

In order to design and produce the banknote, the Qing government invited the famous American carving design master Hai Qu and a working group of 5 people to Come to China to prepare for the establishment of the Banknote Printing Bureau and teach the engraving technology of steel plate. The set of banknotes is divided into four types: one yuan, five yuan, pick yuan, and bai yuan. Only a small number of yuan coupons are circulating in the market, the front of the coupon is black, and the left side of the ticket is a bust of Prince Regent Zaifeng, and the portrait of the character is vivid. In the upper right is the dragon soaring figure, below is the Great Wall, printed with the words "coupons to pay silver coins to collect yuan in the whole country" and red number, the back is blue, printed with the English name of the Great Qing Bank and stamped with two seals of "Supervision of the Great Qing Bank" and "Inspection seal".

Very few banknotes have survived, and it is recorded that no more than 10 official circulation notes are extremely rare in the Paper Money of the Qing Dynasty of China.

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The Ili Official Money Bureau makes money tickets

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

Ili is an important town on the northwestern border of the mainland. In the first year of the Qing Dynasty (1909), the Ili Dragon Ticket was issued in the unit of making money, commonly known as "Yi Ti". Printed by Tianjin Beiyang Official Newspaper Bureau, vertical ticket face, excellent paper quality, exquisite printing. The front of this ticket is printed with two lines of characters" "Yili" and "Official Money General Bureau", with double dragon play beads and sea water patterns, and the middle straight book "Take money with the ticket to make a thousand pieces of text", the right side is "character number", and the left side is "Xuanun Year, Month and Day". The back is divided into three boxes, namely Manchu, Han, and Uyghur notices, which is the only official currency in the Qing Dynasty banknotes where three scripts coexist. Because the circulation area of Yi tie is limited to Ili Province and Suiding and Ningyuan counties, the circulation area is narrow, so it is extremely rare to survive to this day.

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Shandong Yantai Shuntai exchanges money zhuang general foreign yuan

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

Yantai Shuntai Exchange Money House is a long-established money bank, as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty has been a famous financial institution in Shandong, with a capital of 1.5 million taels, and the agent to keep Shandong's salt tax, becoming a strong money house.

Although the banknote was not issued on the date of publication, the two dragons on the banknote have explained the identity of the Qing Dynasty banknote. Above the front of the coupon is the Qianzhuang Chinese name "Shandong Yantai Shuntai Exchange Money House", and in the middle is "General Yangyuan One Yuan". The release announcement is printed on both sides, and the owner's signature in English and Chinese is signed below. The left side of the back is printed with a bust of the owner. The contents of the box on the right are the most precious points of this banknote, and the straight print is printed with "Honjo Exchange Office: Shanghai Maotaijin, Hong Kong Guangshuntai, Incheon Yitai, Huangcheng Yitai, Busan Futai, Lushun Shengtai, Dalianwan Tongtai, Weihai Caitai, Qingdao Yuantai, Jiujiang Xingtai, Fuzhou Yiji Stack, Tianjin Sihesheng, Kobe Zhongxinhe, Yokohama Deyin, Zhenkou Huatai" a total of fifteen exchange offices, it can be seen that at this time, shuntai Qianzhuang's exchange business has made full use of the advantages of Yantai as a coastal city and developed to South Korea. Japan and other countries have also proved that yantai in the late Qing Dynasty has been settled through exchange in trade with South Korea and Japan. At present, only qianzhuang banknotes printed in so many foreign exchange cities have been printed, which provides valuable historical materials for the study of the history of qianzhuang and the history of banknote issuance. In the Qing Dynasty, Qianzhuang tickets were very rare, and Yantai Shuntai Exchange Qianzhuang One Yuan was the only Qianzhuang banknote named after the Exchange Qianzhuang at present.

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China Commerce and Commerce Bank Shanghai General Silver two wu two banknotes

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (1)

The China Commerce and Commerce Bank was established on April 26, 1897 (May 27, 1897) after Sheng Xuanhuai, Minister of Railway Affairs of the National Railways, was the first bank run by the Chinese. At the time of creation, the rated capital silver was 5 million taels, and half of the first was collected. It has set up a head office in Shanghai and branches in Beijing, Tianjin, Baoding, Hankou, Chongqing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Fuzhou, Ningbo and other places. At the beginning of the establishment of the Commerce and Commerce Bank, the state granted the right to issue paper money, from 1898 began to issue silver dollars, silver bills, "so that the country began to see its own banknotes and foreign banks of paper money in competition", the early trade bank issued paper money on one side for Chinese, on the other side for the English "Imperial Bank of China", that is, the meaning of the Imperial Bank of China, after the English name was changed to "Commercial Bank of China", becoming a pure commercial bank.

Commerce & Commerce Bank was the first Chinese-funded bank to issue paper money, and it is also the commercial bank with the longest history of issuing paper money in the modern history of the mainland. By 1935, the National Government Currency Reform Bank stopped issuing a total of 9 silver dollar bills and 2 silver bills. This set of Trade And Commerce Bank banknotes includes both the Guangxu Twenty-Fourth Year (1898) Wu Shi Two Circulating Silver Bills, known as the Chinese Banknote King, as well as the rare Guangxu Twenty-Four Years Guangdong Place Name One Yuan Coupon, Shanghai Place Name One Yuan, Wu Yuan Coupon, Guangxu Thirty Years (1904) and 1914 Various Color Test Tickets, 1920 Wu Shi Yuan, One Hundred Yuan Coupons and 00001 Wu Yuan Coupons. Due to the thorough recycling and more than 100 years of historical vicissitudes, the early and high-denomination China Commerce and Commerce Bank banknotes have long been a rare thing that can be encountered and unattainable, becoming a collector's treasure that coin lovers are chasing, coupled with the fact that it is the currency of the first bank in China, and many "first" titles make it the darling of paper money collection.

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