111111 Issues of Russian-Chinese Bank - Russian-Asian Bank. Paper Currency Directory = Russian-Chinese Bank. Shanghai branch. Issue of banknotes of 1898-222222

Russian-Chinese Bank. Shanghai branch. Issue of banknotes in 1898.

Paper currency catalogue

Author (s) - P.V. Sobolev

RUSSIA

A130.

FN-1.9

 

Russo-Chinese Bank/Russo-Asiatic Bank, Banque russo-chinois/Banque russo-asiatique, 華俄銀行/
俄亞銀行)
 
- Russian Currency Directory
- Regional emissions of Russia, emissions of dependent territories
- Catalog of banknotes of Russian-Chinese Bank/Russian-Asian Bank

Bank. Shanghai branch. Banknote 1 lan 1898.
 

Banknote 3 lan 1898.

Bank. Shanghai branch. Banknote 5 lan 1898.
 

Banknote 10 lan 1898.


No photo

 

 
 
 
 
 
A130.5.1
I.1.1.5
25 lan - 1898. Not known in collections.

A130.5.1 S1
25 lan - 1898. Sample.
 
 
Description of the banknote:
Russian-Chinese Bank. Shanghai branch. Banknote 25 lan 1898.
 

Banknote 50 lan 1898.


No photo

 

 
 
 
 
 
A130.6.1
NL
50 lan - 1898. Existence unconfirmed. [2.3]

Description of the banknote: Russian-Chinese
Bank. Shanghai branch. Banknote 50 lan 1898.
 

100 lan banknote 1898.


No photo

 

 
 
 
 
 
A130.7.1
NL
100 lan - 1898. Existence unconfirmed. [2.3]

Description of the banknote: Russian-Chinese
Bank. Shanghai branch. 100 lan banknote 1898.

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1. Issue description:

1.1. Issue: Russian-Chinese Bank. Shanghai branch. Issue of 1898 banknotes in lan.
 

2. Notes:

2.1. Banknotes are dated to the 35th year (wu-xu) of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to 1898. [3.4, p. 34]

2.2. Lan (liang, tael, tael) is the main monetary unit of China in the mid-19th - early 20th centuries, equal to 10 mao and 100 fin. Kupinsky (treasury, kuping tael) lan weighing 37.3 g.

2.3. The existence of signs in 50 and 100 lan is not confirmed. The signs are catalogued in the Matravers catalog [3.6]. Kuznetsov-Paramonov catalog does not include signs [3.4].


 

3. Literature:

3.1. Denisov A.E. Paper banknotes of Russia 1769-1917. Part 4. Regional paper banknotes 1800-1917. - M, 2003.

3.2. Istomin M.I. Banknotes of "Russian China." Publishing house Ivanchenko I.S., Kharkov 2014

3.3. Kardakov N.I. Katalog der Geldscheine von Russland und Baltischen Staaten 1769-1950. Catalog of banknotes of both Russia and the Baltic countries 1769-1950. N. Kardakoff, Berlin 1951 г.

3.4. Kuznetsov A.Yu., Paramonov O.V. Paper money of Russian China. 2023 Art. 34-38. {Catalog code - "K-P "}

3.5. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Specialized Issues. Krause Publications; Twelfth Edition (12) (18. Dezember 2013) Art. 347 - 351.

3.6. Smith Ward D., Matravers Brian. Chinese Banknotes. Shirjieh Pub. June 1970.