No photo
A130.42.1
I.1.10.5
$100 - 1909. Not known in collections.
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Samples
A130.42.1 S1A
I.1.10.5
$100 - ND (1909). SPECIMEN. Type 1A.
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A130.42.1 S1B
I.1.10.5
$100 - ND (1909). SPECIMEN. Type 1B.
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{SH2.0: §II. F-A/a}
{§III}
1. Monetary mark description:
1.1. Manufacturer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld. Engravers, London.
1.2. Signatures: RUSSO-CHINESE BANK: Prince E. Ukhtomsky, A. Puturov, Controller/Controller. The signature of the Controller is handwritten.
1.3. Numbering:
No. A0001 - The serial number is printed twice on the front. Single-letter series. The number is four digits, black. The issued signs are not known, the sample number is given.
1.4. Size: Not known.
1.5. Paper/watermark type: not known.
1.6. Sign design elements:
The main image of the front side : The building of the branch of the Russian-Chinese Bank in Shanghai. Decorated frame with dragons. Text in Russian and Chinese.
Text: SHANGHAI
Russian-Chinese Bank
undertakes to pay the bearer of this, in his trebovanіyu, to the otdѣlenіi of the Bank in Shanghai
ONE HUNDRED MEXICAN DOLLARS
VALUE RECEIVED
RUSSIAN-CHINESE BANK
CONTROLLER
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld. Engravers, London
Main image of the back: Two dragons. Text in English and Chinese.
Text: RUSSO-CHINESE BANK
PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT THE BRANCH OF THE BANK AT SHANGHAI
HUNDERT MEXICAN DOLLARS
VALUE RECEIVED
RUSSO-CHINESE BANK
CONTROLLER
SHANGHAI
Predominant colors: L. black, multicolor background - brown. O.S. brown, multicolor background - green.
1.7. Author (s) of the sign design: not known.
1.8. Sample types:
SPECIMEN Type 1A. - With signatures - Prince. E. Ukhtomsky, A. Puturov, without signature - Controller. Serial number - No. 00000. Original paper. Bilateral. "SPECIMEN" perforation.
SPECIMEN Type 1B. - With signatures - Prince. E. Ukhtomsky, A. Puturov, without signature - Controller. Serial No. A0001- No. A4000. Original paper. Bilateral. "SPECIMEN" perforation.
2. Notes:
2.1. Color samples and photo samples of a different pattern are known.
3. Literature:
3.1. Istomin M.I. Banknotes of "Russian China" Publishing house Ivanchenko I.S., Kharkov 2014
3.2. Kuznetsov A.Yu., Paramonov O.V. Paper money of Russian China. 2023 {Catalog code - "K-P "}
3.3. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Specialized Issues. Krause Publications; Twelfth Edition (12) (18. Dezember 2013)