Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (3)

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Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (3)

After the Opium War, foreign banks appeared in China with the invasion of Western capitalism and controlled China's finances and finances by virtue of their political and economic privileges. The monopoly of foreign banks on China's economic market has stimulated the demands of China's own banks. Under the dual oppression of foreign financial capital forces and domestic feudal forces, China's banking industry has had a difficult start and a difficult growth.

Chinese commercial Shanghai Xincheng Bank banknotes

Xincheng Bank was an early joint-stock bank established in the Qing Dynasty, with outstanding operation and outstanding results, and a commercial bank that enjoyed the privilege of issuing banknotes. Although the history of the bank is not long, several of its first creations and banknotes have left a brilliant page in the history of Chinese banking and currency issuance.

Xincheng Bank was founded on the initiative of Zhou Shunqing, a Wuxi industrialist and third-class adviser to the Qing government, and Shen Manyun, a Shanghai businessman who was the finance minister of the Shanghai Military Governor's Office during the Xinhai Revolution. In April of the 32nd year of Qing Guangxu (1906), the Beishi Branch of Xincheng Bank was opened first. In August of the same year, the three-storey Western-style house located in Wanju Wharf, Dadongmen, Nanshi City, was completed, so the head office was moved in and officially opened on September 10. With the development of the business, the bank has also set up branches in Beijing, Tianjin, Wuxi and Nanjing, and set up banknote exchange offices in Suzhou and Zhenjiang.

Xincheng Bank was one of the few banks in the late Qing Dynasty that enjoyed the right to issue banknotes, and in just over eight years, it issued two silver dollar bills and one silver dollar bill, in addition to the silver dollar bill that had been planned to be issued in 1912 but was not available. The banknotes issued by the bank are precious, and no matter which edition is the darling of the collecting world.

Zhejiang Industrial Bank banknotes a group

Zhejiang Industrial Bank was founded in April of the 33rd year of the Qing Dynasty (1907), initiated by the Zhejiang Railway Company and petitioned the Ministry of Posts and Communications, the Du Branch, the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce to register and file a case, and officially opened for business in Hangzhou on September 9 of the same year. After the founding of the Republic of China, branches were set up in Beijing, Tianjin and other places to form a nationwide business organizational structure. In 1915, the Zhejiang Railway Company was nationalized, and the bank's shares were subscribed to and became a pure commercial bank. In the same year, the administrative and business focus was moved to Shanghai, the board of directors was reorganized, Ye Jingkui was appointed as the chairman, the permanent head office managed the business, and the Shanghai branch was changed to the bank, and Hangzhou, Han, Beijing and Tianjin were sub-branches. With the development of business, in 1921, the head office system was implemented, and the Shanghai bank was renamed as the head office, and each branch was branched, and a first-class and second-class sub-branch and branch office were added.

The banknotes of Zhejiang Industrial Bank can be divided into two stages: the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, two silver dollar bills and one copper dollar tickets were issued, and there were three kinds of place names: Hangzhou, Shanghai and Hankou. The obverse is depicted as a train railway, which is related to the road preservation movement in the late Qing Dynasty. This 1907 Hangzhou place name one-yuan coupon is the first edition of the Zhejiang Industrial Bank issued varieties, the only vertical version. The ticket is green on the front, with a decorative pattern above the Double Dragon Play Beads and the West Lake scenery, and a train below. The West Lake element is very characteristic of Hangzhou. On the back are the English line names and place names of the line, and the slogan of the line is printed. The early banknotes of Zhejiang Industrial Bank can be described as fine products, and this 1907 vertical version of the Hangzhou place name one-yuan coupon that has survived in the world can be called one of the great treasures.

The 1923 edition of the ancient portrait exchange coupons of Shanghai and Hubei place names is also very rare, especially for those who are good at quality. The set of banknotes is divided into three denominations: one yuan, five yuan and shi yuan, which are printed by the Shanghai Commercial Press, but the banknotes are not printed in the year. What is interesting about the existence of this set of banknotes is that the three ancients on the banknotes were who they were, which once caused academic research and speculation. After research, this set of portrait banknotes chose Qi Taigong, Guan Zhong and Wang Yangming as the motifs, in order to make the characters and the history of the Chinese currency system have a relationship. The use of historical and cultural celebrities as motifs is a pioneering achievement in the history of Chinese currency. This set of banknotes has a short circulation time and a small number of issuances, which is a rare item in the collection of banknotes in the Republic of China.

A set of Bank of Communications banknotes

The Bank of Communications was established on the second day of February (March 4, 1908) in the 34th year of the Qing Dynasty, with its head office located along the West River outside the Qianmen Gate of Beijing. The Qing government set up a government-business joint bank to redeem the Beijing-Hankou Railway and to collect and pay money for the four businesses of railway, telegraph, postal service, and shipping. In the early days, in addition to the official transportation business, it also engaged in general banking business.

After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the transportation department led by Liang Shiyi took control of the communications. Promulgating the "Regulations of the Bank of Communications", the main content of which, in addition to the manager of the deposits of the four policies of transportation (i.e., wheels, roads, telecommunications, and postal), is entrusted by the government to divide the state treasury, handle foreign deposits, manage the treasury funds of special accountants, issue exchange coupons, handle domestic foreign exchange and general banking business, and in essence has the nature of a national bank. After the establishment of the National Government in Nanjing in 1927, the Bank of Communications was reorganized three times. With the continuous development of business, bank of communications has become an important member of the financial system of the national government, ranking third in the "four banks and two bureaus". In 1942, the National Government implemented the four-line specialization, and the Bank of Communications was still designated as a professional bank for the development of national industries.

The Bank of Communications began to issue paper money from 1909, among the many banknote editions of the bank, 1913 Zhangjiakou place name copper dollar exchange coupon 100 pieces (straight version), 1913 Shanghai place name Wu Shiyuan and one hundred yuan silver dollar coupon, 1915 Beijing toponymic series of small banknotes and 1920 Harbin place name Wu Shiyuan and one hundred yuan and other banknotes or rare in existence, some only see the ticket sample, are precious.

A set of Bank of China banknotes

Bank of China was established on February 5, 1912, with its head office at the former Shanghai Branch of Daqing Bank, No. 3 Hankou Road, Shanghai. The bank was established on the basis of the Great Clearance Department Bank established in the thirty-first year of the Qing Dynasty (1905). In August 1912, the Ministry of Finance allocated another share capital to organize the Bank of China in Beijing, and the Shanghai Bank was changed into a branch. In October 1928, the Executive Yuan of the National Government promulgated the Regulations on the Bank of China, reorganizing the Bank of China into a government-chartered international exchange bank. The capital was set at 25 million yuan, of which 5 million yuan were official shares and 20 million yuan were commercial shares, and the general management office was moved to Shanghai. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the General Administration Office was moved to Hong Kong, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, it was taken over by the National Government, and its business was restored and developed, becoming an important pillar of the Financial System of the National Government.

At the beginning of its establishment, the Bank of China did not have time to print new banknotes, and at the same time, it was a pity that the "Li HongzhangXiang" coupons of the Great Qing Bank were backlogged and abandoned, so the words "Bank of China" were stamped on the name of the bank as the bank's transitional banknotes. Soon the banknotes printed with the image of the Yellow Emperor were delivered, the original bills were recovered, and due to the short use time and thorough recovery, the surviving quantities were scarce and became a rare variety of the Bank of China. Among the many editions, the "Yuan Shikai Head" and "Liao Zhongkai" head series banknotes printed by the American Banknote Company are the most rare. The 1914 version of Yuan Shikai's avatar circulation coupons rarely appeared, and the 1939 Liao Zhongkai avatar series only saw tickets, which were precious and rare items.

In addition, the temporary circulation coupons of the Bank of China in Quzhou were issued by the Bank of China during the Northern Expedition, and the historical records have never been recorded, and they are only seen. And this piece comes from Peng Xinwei's old collection, which is even more precious.

A set of central bank banknotes

Founded in Shanghai on November 1, 1928, the Central Bank is the highest financial institution of the National Government, controls the finance of the whole country, plays an important supporting role in the finances of the National Government, and is also an important banknote issuing bank of the Government.

After the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1945, the central bank planned to issue a new version of the banknote and designed a variety of sample drafts. This set of hand-drawn banknotes is a one-sided design, which is Wu Yuan, Yi Shi Wu Yuan and Wu Bai Yuan coupons. Wu Yuan coupons are blue, the picture is two stone lions; the two Wu Yuan coupons are dark red, the picture is sundials, city walls and city towers; Wu Bai yuan coupons are green, and the picture is a full-body portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The year below the hand-drawn manuscript is "Thirty-four Years of the Republic of China", and there is a square mark with the word "Central Bank" in the lower left and right corners. On the back of the hand-drawn manuscript, the original stamp is covered with a red square print and a blue oval print. Each manuscript has a different serial number on the back, which shows that this set of manuscripts should have more different denominations of design.

The style of hand-drawn samples is very different from the design style of the central bank over the years, and the banknotes with the denomination of wu yuan are extremely rare in the history of Chinese banknote issuance. These three central bank hand-drawn manuscripts reflect the process of printing and minting money in the Republic of China period, reflect the extremely deep and professional skills of the designers and draftsmen, and at the same time, as the surviving archives of the printing plant in that year, they have important historical significance and can be called unique and unique surviving orphans.

The horizontal version of the guanjin one hundred yuan circulation coupon issued by the central bank is the only surviving large honorary product, which is printed by the British Huade Road Company. The name of the "Central Bank" is listed on the front of the coupon, and the 528999 red number is printed on both sides of the line name, and the left side of the banknote is the head of Sun Yat-sen and the right side is the watermark. The back of the coupon is in foreign languages, with the English signatures of Liang Ping and Tian Yimin, and the right side is printed with the customs building on the Bund in Shanghai as the symbol of the customs voucher. The guanjin coupons are all straight, and only the British Huade Road Company has printed two kinds of horizontal tickets, of which the WuBaiyuan coupon is more common, and the one-hundred-dollar coupon is only seen and extremely precious.

A set of Republic of China gold coin coupons

The Republic of China gold coin coupon records a period of revolutionary history in the mainland that can be sung and wept in modern times. At the beginning of the 20th century, in order to overthrow the decadent rule of the Qing government, Dr. Sun Yat-sen established and led the League, and led and organized many armed uprisings. In order to raise funds for the uprising, Dr. Sun Yat-sen traveled across the ocean and traveled around. In 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen went to San Francisco, usa, and on June 15 of the same year, he established the "Hongmen Fund-raising Bureau" and printed a set of military tickets called "Republic of China Gold Coins". The Republic of China gold coin coupon is designed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen for the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, drawing on the style of the US dollar, and is divided into three denominations: shi yuan, one hundred yuan and one thousand yuan. The three coupons are basically the same, and the words "Gold Coins of the Republic of China" written in the letter are printed directly above the coupon face, the flag of the League Association - Qingtian White Sun Flag is printed in the middle, the words "Sun Wen, Premier of the Headquarters of the Chinese Revolutionary Party" on the right, "Li Gongxia, accountant of the Chinese Revolutionary Party's Fund-raising Bureau" on the left, and "On the day of the founding of the Republic of China, this ticket is used as a national treasure, pay taxes, and exchange real silver with the treasury at any time", and the words "Qingtian White Sun Flag and the English signatures of Sun Yat-sen and Li Gongxia are on the back.

Rural Commercial Bank Tianjin place name banknotes are like a set

Founded in 1921, the Rural Commercial Bank was established in 1921 with a total capital of 1 million yuan and a paid income of 1.73 million yuan, of which 1.23 million yuan were commercial shares and 500,000 yuan were official shares. The head office was originally established in Beijing. President Qi Yaoshan and General Manager Mei Zhezhi have branches in Shanghai, Hankou and Tianjin. It was closed in 1929 due to the influence of the current situation. After the capital increase in 1934, it was approved by the Ministry of Finance, and officially resumed business on August 15, and moved the head office to Shanghai. The bank issued four editions of banknotes, the second edition in 1922, the 1925 edition and the 1926 edition. The first two editions are rare, one of which is produced by the Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, and the other is made by the German Printing House, the manager of Beijing Yufeng Company, with the front pattern of autumn harvest and the back of the factory pattern, which is the big treasure in the banknotes of the bank. Due to the recovery of all banknotes when the bank was closed, to date, the banknotes are only seen with red "samples" on the front and black "SPECIMEN" stamps on the back, and no circulating coupons are seen. There are three kinds of place names: Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, especially Tianjin place names are the rarest.

Binjiang Agricultural Bank exchange coupon collection yuan

Binjiang Agricultural Bank was established in Harbin on December 28, 1915, which is a joint-stock company, aiming to issue loans and predict financial dynamics for merchants engaged in agricultural products, "to open a financing road for agricultural merchants, so it was named Binjiang Agricultural Bank". The address was located in Harbin Fujiadian Sidao Street (then under the jurisdiction of Binjiang County, Jilin Province), "the first branch was set up in Vladivostok, and other branches or exchange offices were set up at the discretion depending on the business conditions." ”

There is no record of the issuance of banknotes by the Binjiang Agricultural Bank in the existing information, so this voucher greatly supplements the lack of historical records. The ticket has a large ticket width, breaking the traditional pattern, and adopts an open borderless design style on the front and back, and the main color is green. The upper left of the front of the ticket is in green from right to left horizontal book coupon name "Binjiang Agricultural Bank Exchange Coupon", the bottom of the coupon name is marked with "This Coupon Exchange Qiang Tie", the two sides are symmetrically printed with the number "(Yuan) No06422"; the middle left is printed in blue-gray with grain bags surrounded by Jiahe, symbolizing the agricultural harvest, and the grain bags are also vertically printed with the words "Binnong" in traditional Chinese seal abbreviations; the words "Shiyuan" in italics printed in green with a bouquet of flowers are printed on the bottom left. The left edge of the ticket is printed in green from top to bottom with the words "Issued on the first day of February in the sixth year of the Republic of China".

Most particularly, the ticket features a middle-aged man wearing a black suit and a badge on his chest on both sides of the ticket, and a full-body portrait of him on the right side of the front, which is extremely rare in Chinese banknotes. After research, this person is Hou Yanshuang, the initiator, chairman and general manager of Binjiang Agricultural Bank. Hou Yanshuang (1871-1942), also known as Xuefang, was a native of Dongping County, Shandong Province. In the 29th year of Guangxu (1903), he served as a member of the Provisional Senate, a member of the First House of Representatives, the president of the Harbin branch of the Bank of China and the general supervisor of customs, and in December 1915, he initiated the establishment of binjiang Agricultural Bank and served as chairman and general manager.

"Qiang Ti" is the common name of the people in the northeast of the mainland to issue ruble banknotes to Tsarist Russia, and from the 1870s onwards, "Qiang Ti" gradually became the main currency in the northeast, especially in the Harbin region. Binjiang Agricultural Bank exchange coupons are based on "Qiang Ti", reflecting the deep influence of "Qiang Ti" in the northeast region of the mainland at that time. Binjiang Agricultural Bank paper money is the only one that has survived in the world, contains rich historical and cultural information, and has an important position in the history of Chinese paper money.

The State Bank of China is a group of positive and negative one-face bills

The State Bank of China was founded by Yan Xishan to raise funds for its military spending. Opened in 1930, the office is located in Beijing Xijiaomin Lane No. 1, Xu Yiqing as the general manager. On September 20, 1930, the bank moved back to Taiyuan from Beijing on the order of Yan Xishan, and continued to operate in front of Taiyuan Gulou Street on October 3, and on October 10, Yan Xishan issued an announcement in Taiyuan to issue five kinds of banknotes in Shanxi Province, namely "Beijing", one corner, one yuan, five yuan, and one yuan, and shiyuan exchange coupons, stipulating that the bank's banknotes could be cashed at any time. Yan Xishan left Jin on November 29 of the same year, and the voucher was discontinued. Nowadays, the "Beijing" exchange coupon of the State Bank of China only exists in the form of a sample of the ticket, and the samples are stamped with the blue seals of "SPECIMEN" and "Void", and there is a cancellation hole, which is rare in this group of ticket samples.

The Bank of the Republic of China in Gan Province has a hundred yuan

The Bank of the Republic of China of Gan Province was established in the third year of the Qing Dynasty (1911) and was reorganized from the original official silver money number. The original capital was 2 million yuan, and sixteen branches and fourteen exchange offices were set up to exchange paper money and activate finance. After the establishment of the bank, due to the shortage of cash in the market, the military government posted a notice that in addition to allowing the money tickets of the former Jiangxi official silver money general number to be exercised as usual, another bank of the Republic of China in Gansu Province issued a hundred small money bills to facilitate sporadic use and facilitate the search for change. The small ticket is straight type, the upper end is the name of the "Bank of the Republic of China of Gan Province", the upper and left sides are the rising sun and the double phoenix Xiangyun chart, the two sides and below are the zhong ding and Yi ware patterns, the center is the denomination, the right has the font size, and the left has the Yellow Emperor era year, month and day. The back of the voucher is printed with the edict of the Governor's Office of Gan Province. This ticket is available in two editions, printed by different printing houses, and is currently extremely rare.

Bianye Bank Tianjin place name banknote sample

The Border Bank is divided into old and new, and was originally a local commercial bank established during the Beiyang government. Founded in 1919, it was established by Xu Shuzheng, a northwestern envoy to the border and a warlord of the Anhui clan, "in the name of developing the frontier and consolidating national defense, and submitting a case filed by the beijing government at that time", taking the name of Kaibian to start a business. The head office was located in Kulun (present-day Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) and moved to Beijing in 1920. Because of the war and other reasons, the border banks have been poorly run. In 1924, the second Zhifeng War, the Fengzhi warlord Zhang Zuolin won, Zhang Xueliang acquired the shares of the original Border Bank, increased capital and expanded, and opened again on April 10, 1925, known as the New Frontier Bank, with its head office in Tianjin and Zhang Xueliang as the general manager. Branches were set up in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhangjiakou, Fengtian, Changchun, Harbin and Heihe. In June 1926, the head office was moved to Fengtian. A full set of Border Bank Tianjin place name banknote samples contain three denominations of one yuan, Wu yuan, and shi yuan, with a "chiang" (Zhang Zuolin) stamp on the right and a "Tianliang" stamp on the left. This set of tickets is rare.

Bank of Guangdong Co., Ltd. paper money stamp sample

Bank of Guangdong Limited was founded on 21 February 1912 with its head office in Hong Kong. A Chinese-funded bank jointly established by Lu Pengshan and overseas Chinese capital from the Americas and Hong Kong businessman Li Yutang. Initial capital of HK$2 million, later increased to HK$5 million. Chairman and Supervisor Li Yutang, General Manager Lu Pengshan. After the end of the First World War in 1918, the bank's capital reached more than 10 million yuan. Branches in Shanghai, Hankou, Guangzhou, Taishan, Shantou, Haikou, Thailand, New York, San Francisco and other places. In 1934, due to the impact of the economic crisis, the bank's head office and domestic and foreign branches were closed on September 4, and the Hong Kong court appointed temporary liquidators to accept the property. In 1936, it was reorganized, and on November 23 of the same year, it officially resumed business and became a government-business joint bank, with Chairman Song Ziwen and General Manager Deng Mianren. The bank's 1917 edition of the Shanghai place name Wu Baiyuan, the front of the Bund, the back of the Hong Kong Victoria Bay, for this set of banknotes in the largest denomination, only 1500 pieces were printed that year, and now only see the ticket sample, for the survival of the orphan.

ICBC banknote sample

ICBC Limited was founded in 1917 with a total capital of 5 million yuan. The bank is registered with the Hong Kong government, the head office is located in Hong Kong, and the general manager is Xue Xianzhou. The Shanghai Branch was established on October 24, 1921 at No. 51 Jiangxi Road and has a branch in Hankou. In addition to its commercial banking business, the bank has the right to issue paper money. The American Banknote Company had printed the 1921 edition of the Hankou place name Yi, Wu and Shiyuan coupons for the bank, and the 1923 edition of the Shanghai toponymic one, Wu, Shi and Wu Shi Yuan coupon banknotes. The front of the Wu Shiyuan coupon is frameless, and the main picture shows a shirtless and barefoot Western worker sitting on a pile of machine parts, with a factory building in the background. Only 2,000 copies were printed that year, and only the surviving banknotes were found in the form of tickets, which were extremely precious due to their scarcity.

Sample of Zhongnan Bank banknotes

Zhongnan Bank was established in June 1921 and has its head office at No. 110 Hankou Road, Shanghai. Initiated by Huang Yizhu, Hu Bijiang, Xu Jingren, Shi Liangcai, etc., it petitioned the Ministry of Finance of the Beiyang Government for registration and establishment. The initial rated capital is 20 million yuan, and the actual income is 5 million yuan. Chairman Huang Yizhu, General Manager Hu Bijiang. During the Beiyang government, the bank attached great importance to the northern business, and formed a joint venture office with the Salt Industry, Jincheng and the Mainland Bank, becoming one of the members of the "North Fourth Bank". In 1923, a four-line joint reserve library was established to jointly issue banknotes approved by the Beiyang government. In March 1924, the paid-up capital increased to 7.5 million yuan. In 1929, the Savings Department was added, in 1935 the Trust Department was added, and the issuance of banknotes ceased in the same year. In the 1930s, the bank's total deposits ranked among the top private banks in the country, and its loans were mostly industrial investment. Branches have been opened in Beijing, Nanjing, Hankou, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Hong Kong and other places. During the Wang and Counterfeit periods, the original capital amount remained unchanged, and the capital amount of 7.5 million yuan of legal tender was restored after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. In September 1951, Zhongnan Bank shanghai head office public-private partnership, the following year merged with 60 other banks, Qianzhuang to form a public-private partnership bank. In 1921, the bank's circulation of Shanghai place names was only 3,000 pieces, and now only samples of tickets exist, which is extremely rare.

Sample banknotes of china national treasure bank

China National Treasure Bank was founded in January 1920 and opened in May 1921 with its head office in Hong Kong. The rated capital is £1 million, with a paid-in income of £500,000. Chairman Wang Shaoxian, General Manager He Lishi, Deputy Director Huang Guangtian. The bank is mainly engaged in commercial banking business, and also engages in savings. Set up a branch in Shanghai, supervising Li Yanzhuang, Li Xiaoshu, deputy director Weng Yuanqing, and assistant Zheng Xiaozhou. It ceased operations in February 1923. The 1922 Shanghai place name issued by the bank is one hundred yuan, with a unique layout design, the front is painted with square hole money strings, the back is printed with cattle trains, 4,000 pieces were printed that year, and now there are no circulating coupons in existence, and the ticket samples are only a few.

Sample banknotes of the Persuasion Bank

The Bank was founded in March 1920, held its inaugural meeting on October 10 of the same year, and officially opened on October 20, with its head office in Beijing. The bank was jointly established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of the Beiyang Government and the Ministry of Finance, with a capital rating of 5 million silver yuan, divided into 50,000 shares, 100 yuan per share, and a paid-up capital of 2.391 million yuan. Chairman Pan Fu, General Manager Zhang Shouyong. Established branches in Shanghai, Tianjin, Ningbo and other places. The bank had the right to issue paper money, but in 1931 it was closed due to the current situation. The bank's 1921 edition of one hundred yuan banknotes was printed no more than 1,000 pieces, and now only the samples of the tickets are seen, which is extremely rare.

Sample banknotes of the Industrial Bank of China

The Industrial Bank of China was organized in 1915 by the Ministry of Finance of the Beiyang Government and formally established in April 1919, with its head office in Tianjin. Initiators Li Shiwei, Zhou Xuexi, Xiong Xiling, Qian Nengxun and so on. The rated capital is 20 million yuan, the commercial shares account for half of the public shares, the public shares are borne by the Bank of China, and the commercial stocks are recruited to the society. At the time of opening, the paid-in capital was more than 2 million yuan, which was allocated by the Bank of China. In 1932, the head office was moved to Shanghai and became the General Management Office. The bank, named "Industrial Bank", is actually still engaged in general commercial banking and savings, trust, warehouse, safe deposit box and other businesses, and is allowed to issue banknotes. In March 1937, the bank was reorganized and became a joint government-business bank, which was jointly known as "Small Four Banks" with China Commerce and Commerce, Siming and China Commodity Bank. The bank's 1924 edition of the one-hundred-dollar banknote is printed on the front of the main picture of the god Ma Chihai, and the back is printed on the Great Wall, with a simple and atmospheric design, with a circulation of no more than 1,000 pieces, and now only the ticket samples are seen, which is extremely rare.

Sample banknotes of shandong province bank

The Bank of Shandong Province was established and opened on September 5, 1925, and the general management office was located in Jinan. Approved capital of 10 million yuan, in Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Dalian, Hankou, Baoding and other cities to set up branches, in Qingdao, Yantai, Weifang and other places to set up agency offices, in Shijiazhuang set up agent stores. The bank's purpose is to serve Zhang Zongchang's expansion of armaments, and its main function is to issue provincial banknotes. Due to the excessive issuance of provincial banknotes, there was a run on the trend. The bank's 1925 edition of the one-hundred-dollar banknote is large, the design is simple, the main picture on the front is Taishan South Heavenly Gate, the back is printed with flowers and denominations, only 5,000 pieces are printed, and now only the ticket samples survive, which is rare to see.

Sample National Commercial Savings Bank of Hong Kong

The National Commercial Savings Bank of Hong Kong, also known as the National Bank of China, was registered on November 5, 1921 and opened in December 1922, with its head office in Hong Kong. The bank was organized by the joint-stock limited company, with a total capital of 5 million yuan and an initial paid-in capital of 2.5741 million yuan, which was later fully collected. Chairman Cai Xing, supervisor Ma Yingbiao, and Si Li Wang Guoxuan. The business scope includes general banking and trust business, with savings being the most prominent. In February 1924, the Guangzhou Branch was established, with the address of No. 11 Taiping South Road, si li Wu Heyin. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it ceased operations. The bank's 1924 edition of banknotes is divided into one yuan, Wu Yuan, Shi Yuan, Wu Shi Yuan, one hundred yuan five, etc., place names have Shanghai, Hankou two kinds, the current coupons are rare, high denomination of Wu Shi Yuan, one hundred yuan is more rare, especially Hankou one hundred yuan, the total printing of that year is not more than 800 pieces, now only see the ticket sample, the existence of rare corners.

Yunnan government and business jointly set up a sample banknote of the Border Bank

In 1914, the Yunnan Branch of the China Border Bank was established, yunnan self-financing commercial stocks, independent operation, self-financing, self-financing, linked to the Beijing head office. From 1919 to 1920, the Yunnan Branch was reorganized into the Yunnan Border Bank, which was disconnected from the Beijing Head Office. Branches have been set up successively in Gejiu and Mengzi. It operates deposit and lending businesses and issues banknotes. The main pictures of the 1927 edition of the one-hundred-yuan banknote issued by the bank are all famous scenic spots in Yunnan, with local characteristics, with a circulation of no more than 5,000 pieces, and now only the ticket samples are seen, which is extremely rare in existence.

The US banknote company prints an archived sample of Chinese banknotes

The archived sample of Chinese banknotes printed by the American Banknote Company is an orphan copy and includes a total of 1113 banknotes from 54 financial institutions. By country, there are both Chinese-funded banks and non-bank financial institutions, as well as dozens of foreign-funded banks and Sino-foreign joint venture banks. By nature, there are both national banks and numerous commercial banks, provincial and municipal local banks and official bank money bureaus. Its preciousness lies in:

The first is its authority. This is a unique sample of banknote printing and archiving, and the banknotes stored in the book are printed and cut out of special paper after design and stereotyping. At the same time, it also preserves the detailed records of the entrusted banks, denominations, printed quantities, and even the printing years of each banknote, which provides the most authoritative information for the examination and study of the issuance of banknotes, which is undoubtedly a precious document.

The second is its integrity. This banknote sample is not only long in time span, rich in content, large in scale, but also very complete. It covers the 45 years of Chinese banknote issuance from the 31st year of the Qing Dynasty (1905) to the founding of New China in 1949, reflecting the history of the rise, development and decline of old Chinese paper money in the first half of the 20th century.

The third is its systematicness. This is another document that systematically reflects China's banknote management system, recording the development and evolution of the banknote issuance system in modern China's banking industry. From the chaotic situation of early banknote issuance, to the concentration of the central government, China, transportation, and peasants after the currency reform in 1935, to the final concentration of the central bank in July 1942. At the same time, we can also learn about the banknote issuance of some foreign banks in China.

The official public number of "Shanghai Bank Museum".

Yun Appreciation Qiankun 丨 Bank Museum "Fine Palm Watch" Collection of Banknotes (3)

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