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26 February 2018
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The Bank of Communications Series of 1914 - 交通銀行 三年
This section is undergoing updates (March 26, 2021)
Section 2: $5 and $10 Yuan
For convenience, the chart of signatures is repeated here.
Signatures of bank officials on the 1914 series
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Zhao Qinghua 赵庆华, Hankow (Hankou) branch manager |
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Kiang ShihTeh (Jiang Shide) 江世德 Manager c1917 |
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Xie Linying 谢霖 (1885-1969) Manager c1917 |
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Coa Rulin 曹汝霖 (1877-1966) General Manager from January 1917, resigned in 1921? |
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Bao Peizhi 包培之 (Pao Kuang Yung) |
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Chang Chien (Zhang Jian) 张謇 (1853-1926) - Governor 1922 - 1925 |
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Chen Fuyi 陈福颐 (1881-?) |
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Zhang Ying? Yang Yinsun (杨荫荪)? |
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Sheng Zhushu 盛竹书 (1860-1927), Shanghai branch manager |
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Unidentified signature only observed on one 1914 5 Yuan specimen of the Anhui branch
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Unidentified signature only observed on one 1914 1 Yuan of the Honan branch |
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Unidentified signature only observed on one 1914 1 Yuan of the Honan branch |
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Lei Chao 李钟楚 (Li Zhongchu) 鍣 Manager (Tsingtao, Tientsin) 1923 - 1933 |
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Lu Xuepu 卢学溥 (1877-1956) Chairman 1928-1933 |
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Hu Meng-chia, T.D Woo, 胡孟嘉 (1888-1936) Assistant Manager Shanghai Branch 1922 - 1927, General Manager 1928 - 1933 |
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Liang Shiyi/Shizhen 梁士诒 (1869-1933) General Manager 1918 - 1922 and 1925 - 1928 |
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Tang Shoumin 唐寿民 General Manager 1933 - c1940 |
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Wang Zisong 王子崧 Manager 1933 - 1942? |
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As above |
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As above |
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As above |
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As above |
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Liang Rucheng 梁汝成, a signature found on a 5 Yuan of 1914 (branch unknown |
5 Yuan - 伍圓
Five Yuan of the National Coinage of the Republic of China. October 1st 1914.
The front vignette image was selected from a stock of multi-purpose engravings created by the ABNC and not created specifically for these notes. This station scene was probably based on photographs taken in the United States, c1900. In 1906 a full version of this vignette was used on a railroad bond (see below).
(front) steam train passing through station - possibly in New York. (back) Chinese Government Post Office in Shanghai; the predecessor to the current main post office building located in what was then the International Settlement. The current structure dates from the early 1920s. The ABNco codes for this vignette: SPECIAL C - 1854, V 43449
There are seven known colour varieties:
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Black/Grey - Dark Blue - Dark Green (all with red-green underprint) (as example right). Some known with control overprints. Other branches and signatures, and signature combinations other than those listed below are likely. There is no signature information available at all for many branch issues. Some are only known as specimens. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM) codes are given - many are unlisted. They are almost always found in poor condition. Many examples have been altered during their circulating period to disguise their original branch of issue (for example, Hankow altered to Shanghai - sometimes only the Chinese name and not the English name is altered) Serials, red. Prefix: A, B, C, D, F, G Issued: c1915 to 1933 (at latest).
All of this type are rare. Branches -/- signatures (numbers refer to signatures shown above) - /- known serial prefix/suffix Chefoo (Yantai) 煙台 (烟台) (SCWPM 117c) - 3+4 (p: -), 13+16* (p: F) Chekiang (Zhejiang) 浙江 (SCWPM 117d) - (p: -) Hankow (Hankou) 漢口 (汉口) (SCWPM 117g) - 3+4 (p: -), 1+6 (p: F) Some Hankow notes are marked with red control letters including H, Y (for example, 2 or 4 'H's on the front, and two or four on the back). Also marked with red control characters (so far observed as a matching pair on the front only). Honan (Henan) 河南 (SCWPM 117h) - 3+4 (p: -, A,B), 7+4 (p: B) Kalgan (Zhangjiakou) 張家口 (张家口) (SCWPM 117i) - 3+4 (p: -) Kiangsu (Jiangsu) 江蘇 (江苏) (SCWPM 117k) - 3+4 (p: -), (1+16, placename altered to Kiangsu (p: G), 13+16* Some Kiangsu issues have red Chinese character control marks in matching pairs Kiukiang (Jiujiang) 九江 (SCWPM 117l) - Lungkow (Longkou) 龍口 (龙口) - 5+6 (p: C) Pukow (Pukou) 浦口 (SCWPM 117m) - 3+4 (p: -) Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 117w/y) - 3+4 (p: -), 7+4 (p: B), 9+6 ,(p: A, D, E, G) Some Shanghai issues have red Chinese character control marks in 2 matching pairs Shantung (Shandong) 山東 (山东) (SCWPM 117q) - 2+6 (p: F), 3+4 (p: -), 5+6 (p: F), Tsingtao (Qingdao) 青島 (青岛) (SCWPM 117u) - 3+4 (p: -), 5+6 (p: C), Changhchun 長春 (长春) (SCWPM 117b) - 3+4 (p: -) Wusih, Kiangsu (Wuxi, Jiangsu) 無錫 (无锡) - 3+4 (p: -) Peking (Beijing) 北京 - 7+4 (p: C) Nanking (Nanjing) 南京 - 3+4 (p: -) Yangchow (Yangzhou) 揚州 (扬州) - Anhwei (Anhui) 安徽 - 3+4 (p: -), 10 (p: -) Mukden, (Fengtien, Shenyang) 奉天 - 3+4 (p: -) Tulunnoerh (Dolon Nor) 多倫 (多伦) (SCWPM 117v) additional Mongolian script on front - 3+4 (p: -) Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 117ac) - 3+4 (p: A), 13+14*, 13+16* (p: G), (p: H) Some Tientsin issues have red Chinese character control marks in matching pairs, some also with an additional pair of symbols/logos Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 117...) with control letter 'H' (Hankow) - 3+4 (p: A) (as example, right) Gui Hua? (Hohhot?) 歸化 (归化) , Inner Mongolia - Paotow (Baotou) 包頭 (包头) - Shihkiachwang (Shijiazhuang) 石家莊 (石家庄) - * With seals Light Brown: (as right)
Amoy branch (and Foochow) only. Issued: c1933. Branches: Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 117z) - 17b+18b* (p: F, s: A) Foochow (Fuzhou) 福州 on Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 117aa) - 17+18- 17b+18b* (p: F, s: A) * With seals on the front and the script signatures on the back. Red: (as example right)
Tientsin (Tianjin) branch only. Often found with control overprints. Some examples are known with a double 'P' overprint on the back. These may indicate issues by the then downgraded Peking branch. Serials, blue. Prefix: H,K,M,N,P,Q Issued: 1928 to c1940 (at latest). Branches -/- signatures -/- known serial prefix/suffix Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 117s1) - 17+18 (p: N,P,Q) Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 117s2) - 13b+14b(front)+13+14(back) (p: H,J,K,L,M) (issued within 1928-1933) |
Above: a Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company $1000 Gold bond of 1906, printed by the American Banknote Company, and using what turns out to be the full version of the vignette employed on the front of the 1914 5 Yuan.
Above: the 1920s Chinese Government Post Office in Shanghai which replaced that depicted on the back of the 1914 5 Yuan.
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Orange (with blue-green) (as example right) Sian (Xian) branch only. (issued within 1933-c1940) All of this type are rare. Branches -/- signatures - /- known serial prefix/suffix Sian (Xi'an) 西安 (SCWPM 117r) - 17+18 (p: F, s: A) |
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Dark Brown (with blue-green) (as example right) The most well known of the 7 color types. Some carry control overprints, usually the 'script signature' type. Serials, red. Prefix: S, (examples of this type without an S prefix are counterfeits) Suffix: R (issued within c1925-c1940) The Amoy branch issues are scarce. Branches -/- signatures - /- known serial prefix/suffix Chungking (Chongqing) 重慶 (SCWPM 117e) - 17+18 (p: S+A, s: Z) (p: S+B, s: F) Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 117n) - 17+18 (p: S, s: P,S,X ) (p: S+A, s: E,H,L,Q,S ) (p: S+B, s: B,D,H,J,L,M,N,Q,R,T,U,V) Shanghai 上海 with red control letter 'P' (SCWPM 117x) - 17+18 (p: S+B, s: K) Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 117o) - 15b+16b+15+16 (p: S, s: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J) (issued within 1925-1927?) Shantung (Shandong) 山東 (SCWPM 117p) - 17+18 (p: S, s: P,R,V,X) (p: S+A, s: A, B) Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 117t) - 17+18 (p: S, s: S,T) (p: S+B, s: E) Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 117a) - 17+18 (p: S, s: Y) Foochow (Fuzhou) 福州 on Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 117f) - 17+18 - Most likely a confusion with the known light brown example above listed as (SCWPM 117aa) Kiukiang (Jiujiang) 九江 (SCWPM 117ab) - 15b+16b+15+16 (p: S, s: D) (issued within 1925-1927) |
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10 Yuan - 拾圓
Ten Yuan of the National Coinage of the Republic of China. October 1st 1914.
The back vignette image was selected from a stock of multi-purpose engravings created by the ABNC and not created specifically for these notes. The dock scene was based on photographs taken in the United States, c1900. The vignette was used later on a Venezuelan banknote of 1927, though it is very likely that it predates its appearance here on the 10 Yuan.
(front) (Old) Maritime Customs House, Shanghai, demolished in 1925, and replaced by the current building as shown on all Customs Gold Unit notes. A Chinese style customs house stood here from 1857, replacing a previous building destroyed in rioting. This was replaced in 1891 by this larger gothic style structure. (back) docks with steam ship and train.
There are four known colour varieties - (there is no evidence for the reported orange variety):
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Green* (with red-blue-brown) (as example right) Some known with control overprints. Other branches and signatures, and signature combinations other than those listed below are likely. Some are only known as specimens. There is no signature information available at all for many branch issues. They are almost always found in poor condition. Many examples have been altered during their circulating period to disguise their original branch of issue (for example, Hankow altered to Shanghai - sometimes only the Chinese name and not the English name is altered) Serials, red. Prefix: A,B,C, Issued: c1915 to 1927/1933 (at latest). All of this type are rare. Branches -/- signatures (numbers refer to signatures shown above) - /- known serial prefix/suffix Chefoo (Yantai) 煙台 (烟台) (SCWPM 118d) - 3+4 (p: -) Chekiang (Zhejiang) 浙江 (SCWPM 118e) - 3+4 (p: -) Hankow (Hankou) 漢口 (汉口) (SCWPM 118g) - 3+4 (p: -) Some Hankow notes are marked with red control letters including D (for example, 2 or 4 'D's on the front, and two or four on the back). Also marked with red control characters (based on the comparable 1 and 5 yuan notes) Honan (Henan) 河南 (SCWPM 118h) - 3+4 (p: -, A) Kalgan (Zhangjiakou) 張家口 (张家口) (SCWPM 118j) - 3+4 (p: -) Kiangsu (Jiangsu) 江蘇 (江苏) (SCWPM 118k) - 3+4 (p: -) Some Kiangsu issues have red Chinese character control marks in matching pairs Kiukiang (Jiujiang) 九江 (SCWPM 118l) - Lungkow (Longkou) 龍口 (龙口) - Pukow (Pukou) 浦口 (SCWPM 118m) - Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 118n) - 3+4 (p: -), 9+6 (p: C - an example of this is handstamped Oct 13 1923), (p: A,B) Some Shanghai issues have red Chinese character or roman letter control marks in 2 matching pairs, with or without a third control character. Combinations including logos/symbols are also known Shantung (Shandong) 山東 (山东) - 3+4 (p: -), 5+6 (p: C), 13+16 (p: D) Tsingtao (Qingdao) 青島 (青岛) - 5+6 (p: A,B,C), 13+16* (p: C) Changhchun 長春 (长春) (SCWPM 118c) - Wusih, Kiangsu (Wuxi, Jiangsu) 無錫 (无锡) - 3+4 (p: -) Peking (Beijing) 北京 - 7+4 (p: A) Nanking (Nanjing) 南京 (SCWPM 118v) - 3+4 (p: -) Yangchow (Yangzhou) 揚州 (扬州) - 3+4 (p: -) Anhwei (Anhui) 安徽 - Mukden, (Fengtien, Shenyang) 奉天 - 3+4 (p: -) Tulunnoerh (Dolon Nor) 多倫 (多伦) additional Mongolian script on front - 3+4 (p: -) Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 - 8+6 (p: B) Gui Hua? (Hohhot?) 歸化 (归化) , Inner Mongolia - Paotow (Baotou) 包頭 (包头) - Shihkiachwang (Shijiazhuang) 石家莊 (石家庄) - * With seals |
Above: Venezuela 'Banco Mercantil Y Agricola' 20 Bolivares of 1927. Printed by the American Banknote Company and using the same vignette as that used on the back of the 10 Yuan of 1914.
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Blue: (as example right) Amoy branch (and Foochow) only. Issued: c1933 Branches: Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 118a) - 17b+18b* (p: F, s: A) Foochow (Fuzhou) 福州 on Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 118w) - 17b+18b* (p: F, s: A) * With seals on the front and the script signatures on the back. |
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Purple: (as example right) Tientsin (Tianjin) branch only. Often found with control overprints. Issued: c1928 to c1937 (at latest). Branches: Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 118t2) - 13b+14b(front)+13+14(back) (p: E,F) Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 118t1) - 17+18 (p: G) |
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Red (with purple, blue, green) (as example right) The most well known of the 4 color types. Some carry control overprints, usually on the 'script signature' type. The Amoy, and Chungking branch issues are scarce. The still encountered Shanghai branch note with 'Kansu' overprint in Chinese and English is a modern forgery. Serials, blue. Prefix: S, (examples of this type without an S prefix are counterfeits) Suffix: D,E,F,K,R Issued: c1927 to c1940 (at latest). Branches -/- signatures Chungking (Chongqing) 重慶 (SCWPM 118f) - 17+18 (p: S, s: K) Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 118o) - 15b+16b(front)+15+16(back) (p: S, s: A,B,C,D,E) The Shanghai note branch name and signatures are found printed in blue, dark-blue and black. Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 118p + q) - 17+18 (p: S, s: F,K,L,P,R,S,X,Y,) (p: S+A, s: B,D,F,G,J,K,R,T,V,W,X,Y ) (p: S+B, s: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H ) The Shanghai note branch name and signatures are found printed in blue, dark-blue and black. Shanghai 上海 (SCWPM 118u) - 17+18 (p: S, s: R) The Shanghai note branch name and signatures are printed in black. Control letter 'P' in red. Shantung (Shandong) 山東 (SCWPM 118r2) - 15b+16b(front)+15+16(back) (p: S, s: E) Shantung (Shandong) 山東 (SCWPM 118r1) - 17+18 (p: S, s: F) Tientsin (Tianjin) 天津 (SCWPM 118 unlisted) - 17+18 (p: S, s: F) Example shown right: this type is unlisted in the SCWPM, Smith & Matravers and several Chinese catalogs. The single prefix indicates that this was an early issue of 1933 to c1937; the Japanese occupation from mid-1937 may explain the apparent scarcity of this type. Amoy (Xiamen) 廈門 (SCWPM 118b) - 17+18 (p: S, s: E, H) Sian (Xi'an) 西安 (SCWPM 118s) - 17+18 - reported |
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