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*****CHINA*****

   REPUBLIC

                                            Agricultural and Industrial Bank of China

A92a                     10 cen  1927     Peking............................ VG+60,  F           80

A94a                     20 cen  1927     Peking.........................................   VG        60

A110b                10 yuan  1932     Shanghai "14"............................   G        160

                                            China and South Sea Bank

A127b                  5 yuan  1927     Shanghai, red HS......................   P           80

A127b                  5 yuan  1927     Shanghai, red, ovpt "6'13"........   F         800

A128                    5 yuan  1927     Shanghai, purple, ovpt "SY".....   P           80

                                            Commercial Bank of China

1                                  1 $  1920     Shanghai....................................   P         100

9                                  5 $  1926     Shanghai "S"..............................   VG+   300

                                            Bank of China

43b                      10 cent  1917     Harbin..........................................   F         800

51m   sig Z-P      1 yuan  1918     Shanghai, brown/blue...............   F-          80

51q    sig Z-B      1 yuan  1918     Tientsin, brown..........................   VF      200

51q    sig S-Z      1 yuan  1918     Tientsin, brown................. F-80,  VF-     160

51u    sig Z-W     1 yuan  1918     Tsingtau/Shantung, yellow.......   F       1200

52p    sig Z-B      5 yuan  1918     Tientsin, orange.........................   P           30

53f     sig J-C           10 $  1918     Fukien, orange...........................   VF      200

53p    sig Z-B    10 yuan  1918     Tientsin, green...........................   VG-       90

53r     sig S-B    10 yuan  1918     Tientsin/Peking, green..............   G           90

53s    sig Z-C    10 yuan  1918     Tsingtau/Shantung, brown.......   VG-    300

59r     rema          5 yuan  (1919)   remainder, no sig, no#..............   XF      600

62      sig J-S    10 yuan  1924     Shanghai....................................   P           30

62      sig Z-P    10 yuan  1924     Shanghai....................................   VG-    200

63      sig F-S      10 cent  1925     Shanghai........................... F-30,  F+         60

63      sig Z-B      10 cent  1925     Shanghai....................................   F           40

64     sig Z-B       20 cent  1925     Shanghai....................................   F+         55

66a   sig F-B       5 yuan  1926     Shanghai....................................   VG        50

66a   sig Z-P       5 yuan  1926     Shanghai....................................   VG        50

66a   sig S-B       5 yuan  1926     Shanghai....................................   F         100

66a                       5 yuan  1926     Shanghai; black sig; "31"..........   P           30

66a                       5 yuan  1926     Shanghai; black sig; "49"..........   G           40

66b                       5 yuan  1926     Shanghai; red sig "64"..............   VG        80

68     sig Z-H       5 yuan  1930     Amoy...........................................   F           60

69     sig Z-H     10 yuan  1930     Amoy.................................. F 60,  F+       100

70b                       5 yuan  1931     Tientsin;4x#.................... VF 20,  AU        80

73                       10 yuan  1934     Tientsin........................... VG 15,  F+         45

74                         1 yuan  1935     Shanghai....................... VG+12,  F           16

75                       10 yuan  1935     Shantung....................................   G           20

76                         1 yuan  1935     Tientsin.......................................   VF+      30

77a                       5 yuan  1935     Shanghai....................................   F+         60

77b                       5 yuan  1935     on city name...............................   F           20

78                         1 yuan  1936     green /boat.................................   F+           6

79                         1 yuan  1937     blue /bank...................................   VG          4

80                         5 yuan  1937     violet /bank........................ VF 4,  UN        24

81                       10 yuan  1937     green /bank....................... VF 4,  UN        24

81                       10 yuan  1937     green, no prefix letter................   XF         24

  *souvenir ovpt "Nixon"(1972) first visit of USA President in China

*80-1  souv   5+10 yuan  1937     souvenir ovpt "Nixon"... 2 notes  F+       150

83.                        20 cen  (1940)   blue; great wall...........................   UN      120

84                         5 yuan  1940     blue/temple................ F 4, XF 8,  UN        24

85a                     10 yuan  1940     red /temple; 2x#.............. VF+6,  XF+      12

85b.                    10 yuan  1940     red /temple; 4x#............... VF 4,  UN        32

86                       25 yuan  1940     green/temple..............................   F           40

87c                     50 yuan  1940     Chungking; 2x#................. F 10,  VF-       20

87d                     50 yuan  1940     Chungking; 4x#..........................   F           12

88b                   100 yuan  1940     Chungking; 2x#................. F 10,  AU        80

88c                   100 yuan  1940     Chungking; 4x#..........................   XF         40

95                       10 yuan  1941     red/temple;@DTBC...................   VG-       20

98                       50 yuan  1941     green, train/................................   VG-       30

NL             500,000 yuan  1947     cashier's check, Mukden..........   VF      900

                                            Bank of Communications

114f                       2 chia  (1914)   Weihaiwei/Harbin......................   G+      150

114h                      2 chia  (1914)   Weihaiwei...................................   VG      240

117e                     5 yuan  1914     Chungking...................... VG 10,  F           20

117n                     5 yuan  1914     Shanghai, sig  black........... F 4,  UN        64

117o                     5 yuan  1914     Shanghai, sig  blue....... VG 10,  F           20

117o1                   5 yuan  1914     Shanghai, ovpt characters.......   VG        20

117                       5 yuan  1914     Shantung; brown.......................   F           40

117s2                   5 yuan  1914     Tientsin; red...............................   F           40

117s2                   5 yuan  1914     Tientsin; red  {85}......................   G           20

118t1                 10 yuan  1914     Tientsin, purple {90}..................   G           40

118q                   10 yuan  1914     Shanghai, red.................. VF+6,  UN        32

119a                   50 yuan  1914     Chungking, yellow........... G 25F         100

138c                    10 cent  1925     Tsingtau......................................   G           50

143e                    20 cent  1927     Tsingtau......................................   VG      100

145Ba                  1 yuan  1927     Shantung, yellow.......................   VG        40

145Bc                  1 yuan  1927     Chefoo/Shanghai, yellow..........   VG-       40

145C                    1 yuan  1927     Tientsin, green...........................   VG        20

147Ba                10 yuan  1927     Shantung, green........................   VG        40

147Ca                10 yuan  1927     Tientsin, brown..........................   VG+      80

148b                     1 yuan  1931     Shanghai, red.............................   VG        10

152                       1 yuan  1935     provisional ovpt.................. tape  G           60

153                       1 yuan  1935     train/pagoda...............................   VF           8

154                       5 yuan  1935     green, boat/pagoda........ VF+6,  UN        32

155                     10 yuan  1935     red, radio towers... F 4, XF+12,  UN        32

156                       5 yuan  1941     brown, train............ VG 6, F 12,  VF+      36

157.                      5 yuan  1941     brown, ship.................................   UN        32

158                     10 yuan  1941     red; /ship, train.................... F 8,  F+         12

159a                   10 yuan  1941     brown, train..................... AU 16,  UN        32

159c    rema     10 yuan  1941     brown, train, no#........................   UN        64

159e    canc      10 yuan  1941     brown, train, cancelled..............   XF           8

160                     25 yuan  1941     green /plane................... VG 20,  F           40

161b                   50 yuan  1941     train/ship......................... VG 10,  F+         30

162b                100 yuan  1941     bridge/train....................... VG 6,  F           12

165                   100 yuan  1942     train, ship; brown.......................   VG        30

                                            Central Bank of China

167b.                  10 copp  (1928)   red ovpt.......................... VF+60,  AU      160

168b.                  20 copp  (1928)   red ovpt.......................................   AU      160

169b                   50 copp  (1928)   red ovpt.......................................   F           80

171e                     1 yuan  1923     Swatow, green.................. F 50,  VF-     100

171f                      1 yuan  1923     Swatow Central Bank..... F+75,  VF      100

NL(P171)           vignette  ABNC   engr "Sun Yat-Sen".... lot#1376  UN        40

176a                   10 yuan  1923     2xsig 152x76mm.......................   F+         24

176b                   10 yuan  1923     4xsig 152x76mm.......................   F           16

176d                   10 yuan  1923     4xsig 157x78mm.......................   VF         32

176e                   10 yuan  1923     2xsig 157x78mm.......................   F           16

193a    sig 1       10 cent  (1924)   ............................................... p/h  VF         20

194a    sig 1       20 cent  (1924)   ............................................... p/h  VF         30

195c    sig 5        1 yuan  1928     green/brown........................ F 4,  AU        16

197g    sig 7      10 yuan  1928     blue/green; sig black 2x#..........   F             6

197h    sig 7      10 yuan  1928     blue/green; sig green 2x#.........   AU        16

198b    sig 5      50 yuan  1928     ovpt "Chungking".......................   VG-         6

198c.   sig 6      50 yuan  1928     orange/grey; 4x#.. F 10, VF 20,  UN      160

198f     sig 7      50 yuan  1928     orange/grey; 2x#........................   VF-       20

199c    sig 5    100 yuan  1928     ovpt "Chungking"............. VG 6,  F           12

199d    sig 6    100 yuan  1928     brown/purple..............................   VG          6

200a    sig 2        5 yuan  1930     green; stamp "7"........................   VG-       70

200a    sig 2        5 yuan  1930     green; stamp "49"......................   F         100

200b    sig 3        5 yuan  1930     green...........................................   G+        15

200d    sig 5        5 yuan  1930     green...........................................   VG        15

200d    sig 5        5 yuan  1930     green; stamp "44-1"..................   F           20

200e    sig 7        5 yuan  1930     green; sig black..........................   F           10

200f     sig 7        5 yuan  1930     green; sig green.............. VF+6,  UN        32

200s    spec        5 yuan  1930     "SPECIMEN"..............................   AU+    600

202                      10 cent  (1931)   green, temple.................... XF 4,  UN        16

203                      20 cent  (1931)   blue, bridge....................... VF 4,  UN        24

204                      25 cent  (1931)   red, gate......................................   VG+      15

205.                     50 cent  (1931)   purple, temple.................. VG 4,  UN      130

210                       1 yuan  1936     red/brown;@CHB......................   VG          5

211a   sig 10       1 yuan  1936     orange/brown;@CHB...... VF 4,  UN        24

*211    souv         1 yuan  1944     USAF China ICWATC... #1055  VF+      70

 *Captain USAF J.A. Jones souvenir WW2, Indo-China Wing operations

212a   sig 5         1 yuan  1936     red/brown;@TDLR....................   VF+      12

212c.  sig 9          1 yuan  1936     red/brown;@TDLR....................   UN        64

213a   sig 5         5 yuan  1936     green;@TDLR.................. XF 8,  UN        32

213c   sig 9          5 yuan  1936     green;@TDLR............................   F+           4

214a   sig 5       10 yuan  1936     blue/green;@TDLR.......... VF 6,  XF         12

214c.  sig 9       10 yuan  1936     blue/green;@TDLR............ F 4,  AU        24

*213-4 souv  5+10 yuan  1936     souvenir ovpt "Nixon"... 2 notes  VF      120

216a   sig 5         1 yuan  1936     orange/brown;@WS....... VF+4,  UN        24

217a   sig 5         5 yuan  1936     green;@WS..................... VF+4,  UN        24

217c   sig 9          5 yuan  1936     green;@WS................................   XF           6

218a.  sig 5       10 yuan  1936     blue;@WS..................................   XF+         9

218a.  sig 6       10 yuan  1936     blue;@WS..................................   UN        24

218d   sig 8       10 yuan  1936     blue;@WS....................... VF+6,  UN        32

219a   sig 11     50 yuan  1936     blue-brown;@WS......................   VF+      12

220a   sig 11   100 yuan  1936     green/purple;@WS........ VF 30,  UN      240

*217-8 souv  5+10 yuan  1936     souvenir ovpt "Nixon"... 2 notes  VF      120

  *souvenir ovpt "Nixon"(1972) first visit of USA President in China

222                       5 yuan  1937     green;@HWB................ VG 10,  F           20

224a                      1 cent  1939     red, pagoda;@UPP...................   UN        16

224b                      1 cent  1939     red, pagoda;@UP............ XF 6,  AU+      18

225a                      5 cent  1939     green, pagoda;@UPP..............   UN        16

226                      10 cent  1940     green.................................. XF 4,  UN        12

227                      20 cent  1940     blue.................................... XF 4,  UN        12

228.                    10 yuan  1940     blue................................... VF+6,  AU+      24

229b   sig 8       50 yuan  1940     "Chungking" orange..................   G+          6

230                       2 yuan  1941     purple/blue; @CHB...... XF+24,  AU+      48

230     error         2 yuan  1941     purple; @CHB...... cut of center  UN        64

231                       2 yuan  1941     blue; @TDLR.............................   UN        96

234                       5 yuan  1941     green;@CHB..............................   XF         16

235                       5 yuan  1941     lilac;@TDLR.................... VF+6,  UN        32

236                       5 yuan  1941     brown;@TDLR................. VG 4,  VF         12

237b.  sig 6       10 yuan  1941     dark blue, @WS........................   UN        50

237c   sig 7       10 yuan  1941     dark blue, @WS........................   VF+         6

238b   sig 9       10 yuan  1941     blue/green, gate............... VG 5,  F+         15

239a   sig 7       10 yuan  1941     blue/green;@SBNC.......... F+4,  UN        32

240a   sig 7       20 yuan  1941     red/brown, blue#........................   VG          5

240c   sig 12     20 yuan  1941     red/brown; red#.................. F+9,  VF+      18

242a                   50 yuan  1941     green/brown, @8x#...................   F+         30

243                   100 yuan  1941     green-grey/purple............. XF 4,  UN        16

245b   sig 6       10 yuan  1942     TDLR, blue /soldier...................   VG          4

245c.  sig 7       10 yuan  1942     TDLR, blue /soldier.......... VF 8,  UN        64

245     souv       10 yuan  1942     ovpt "Merry Christmas".............   F         120

247                     10 yuan  1942     brown/yellow....................... G 5,  VG        10

248                     20 yuan  1942     red/brown.......................... VG 7,  F           14

249a   sig 9     100 yuan  1942     red/blue........................... VG+ 6,  F+         12

250                   100 yuan  1942     red/green....................................   F           12

251                   500 yuan  1942     red/ship.......................................   F             4

252               1,000 yuan  1942     lilac/great wall...................... F 4,  VF-          6

253               2,000 yuan  1942     red/shoreline..................... VF 6,  XF         12

254                   100 yuan  1943     black/green, gate.......................   F           20

255.                    50 yuan  1944     purple................................ VG 4,  UN        64

256                   100 yuan  1944     brown.................................... F 4,  VF           8

260                   100 yuan  1944     gate; black..................................   F           20

260A                100 yuan  1944     grey....................................... F 8,  VF+      24

261                   100 yuan  1944     gate; brown........................ F 16,  VF+      48

262                   200 yuan  1944     green/brown...............................   F+         30

263                   400 yuan  1944     green/brown...............................   F-          40

264                   500 yuan  1944     red...................................... VF 8,  AU        32

265                   500 yuan  1944     brown/black................................   VF         16

266                   500 yuan  1944     gate; grey.......................... VG 8,  VF         32

267.                 500 yuan  1944     brown/blue.......................... F+5,  AU        24

268               1,000 yuan  1944     brown.................................... F 6,  VF         12

270                     10 yuan  1945     green...........................................   VF-          4

273.                    50 yuan  1945     red...................................... VF 4,  AU        16

278                   100 yuan  1945     blue...................................... F+9,  XF         24

280                   400 yuan  1945     red-lilac............................ VF 40,  XF+    120

283                   500 yuan  1945     black/green.......................... F 4,  VF           6

284                   500 yuan  1945     green.................................... F 4,  VF+      12

287               1,000 yuan  1945     red...............................................   F           15

288               1,000 yuan  1945     brown; @8x#.................. VF 16,  XF+      48

289               1,000 yuan  1945     brown................................. VF 6,  XF+      18

290               1,000 yuan  1945     purple................................ AU 8,  UN        16

291               1,000 yuan  1945     black............................................   F           12

293               1,000 yuan  1945     grey-blue.....................................   XF         40

294               1,000 yuan  1945     brown................................ F+12,  VF+      24

295               1,000 yuan  1945     black, @5x#...............................   F+         30

298               1,000 yuan  1945     dark blue........................... VG 5,  VF         20

305               5,000 yuan  1945     blue-black...................................   F           20

306               5,000 yuan  1945     brown............................. VG+12,  VF+      64

307.              2,000 yuan  1946     purple/red...................................   AU+      48

309               5,000 yuan  1947     blue/green..................................   VG          4

311               5,000 yuan  1947     lilac;/mausoleum........................   F             6

312               5,000 yuan  1947     blue/green....................... VG+4,  VF+      12

313               5,000 yuan  1947     green...........................................   F             6

314             10,000 yuan  1947     brown/blue, mountain......... F 4,  VF+         6

317             10,000 yuan  1947     red; @TDLR........................ F 4,  AU+      36

318             10,000 yuan  1947     grey-blue.............................. F 4,  XF         12

319.            10,000 yuan  1947     red/black.....................................   UN        48

319s  spec 10,000 yuan  1947     red "specimen"...........................   F+       200

320a           10,000 yuan  1947     blue; @5x#.................................   XF         16

320b           10,000 yuan  1947     blue; @6x#.................................   VF+      12

322             10,000 yuan  1947     lilac/brown...................................   VF         60

323b   sig 5          10 cen  1930     purple..........................................   XF         80

325d   sig 7            1 cgu  1930     brown.................... VF 6, XF 12,  UN        48

326d   sig 7            5 cgu  1930     grey.................................. XF 12,  AU        24

327d   sig 7          10 cgu  1930     brown.................................... F 4,  UN        24

328                       20 cgu  1930     green.................................... F 4,  UN        24

329.                      50 cgu  1930     purple............................... VF+6,  UN        32

330.                    100 cgu  1930     red...............................................   AU        24

334                     500 cgu  1947     /brown................................ F 20,  VF-       40

335                     500 cgu  1947     blue; @ABNC...................... F 4,  VF+         6

336                     500 cgu  1947     green; @SBNC................... F 4,  VF           6

339c                1,000 cgu  1947     gray; @5x#....................... VG 4,  XF         12

340                  2,000 cgu  1947     orange; @ABNC........................   VF+      12

341                  2,000 cgu  1947     brown; @SNBC................ VF 8,  AU+      48

342b                2,000 cgu  1947     green; @6x#..............................   F             6

343                  2,000 cgu  1947     brown; @CHB............................   XF+      24

350                  5,000 cgu  1947     green...........................................   XF+      24

351                  5,000 cgu  1947     red...............................................   F             5

352                  5,000 cgu  1947     brown..........................................   F+           9

353                  5,000 cgu  1947     CHB, brown/blue.......................   XF+      18

354                10,000 cgu  1947     TDLR, blue.................................   VF+         9

357                  2,000 cgu  1948     red......................................... F 4,  UN        48

358                  2.500 cgu  1948     violet............................................   F             5

360                  5,000 cgu  1948     blue..............................................   VF+      18

361(a).            5,000 cgu  1948     purple, paper white....... XF+24,  AU+      48

366                25,000 cgu  1948     green...........................................   F           15

370                50,000 cgu  1948     red...............................................   XF         40

377                     10 yuan  1945     blue..............................................   F+         30

379                   100 yuan  1945     green.................................... F 4,  XF+      12

380a                500 yuan  1946     green, @Shanghai....................   F             6

380b                500 yuan  1947     green, @Peking.........................   VF           6

381                   500 yuan  1947     brown................................. VF 6,  XF+      18

385               5,000 yuan  1948     dark blue.....................................   F+           4

386             10,000 yuan  1948     brown..........................................   XF+      12

387                       1 yuan  1945     blue..............................................   F             4

NL(P387)           vignette  ABNC   "Chiang Kai-Shek"..... lot#1375  UN        40

388                       5 yuan  1945     green.................................... F 4,  AU        24

390                     10 yuan  1945     brown..........................................   F             6

391.                    20 yuan  1945     green................... F+12, VF+24,  UN      128

392                     50 yuan  1945     black, Sun Yat-sen....................   VF+      12

393                     50 yuan  1945     black, Chiang Kai-Shek............   VF         12

394                   100 yuan  1945     red...............................................   VF+      30

395                      10 cent  1946     brown..................... VG+4, VF 6,  AU+      36

396                      20 cent  1946     orange................................. F+5,  XF         12

397.                     50 cent  1948     brown-yellow..............................   AU        24

399                     10 yuan  1948     green.................................... F 4,  F+           5

401                     20 yuan  1948     red...............................................   XF+      18

403                     50 yuan  1948     violet.................................... F+4,  AU+      24

406                   100 yuan  1948     green; @CHB...................... F 8,  F+         12

407                   100 yuan  1948     blue.......................... F 4, XF 12,  AU        24

408                   100 yuan  1948     orange............................... VF 6,  UN        48

409                   500 yuan  1949     green.................................... F 5,  VF         10

410                   500 yuan  1949     violet............................................   XF+      30

411               1,000 yuan  1949     brown; @CHB............................   XF         20

412c             1,000 yuan  1949     blue; @CPF2....................... F 4,  VF           8

412d             1,000 yuan  1949     blue; @CPF3.................... VF 8,  XF         16

412e             1,000 yuan  1949     blue; @CPF4....................... F 4,  XF         16

413               1,000 yuan  1949     brown....................... F 4, XF 16,  AU-       32

415               5,000 yuan  1949     red; @CPF3...............................   XF         16

416.            10,000 yuan  1949     blue; @CHB.................... AU 64  UN      128

417a           10,000 yuan  1949     blue; @CPF........................ F+6,  VF+      12

418             50,000 yuan  1949     red; @CPF..................... VF-15,  XF         30

422a         100,000 yuan  1949     grey; @CPF...............................   VF+      30

424a         500,000 yuan  1949     brown; @CPF..... F+15, VF 20,  VF+      30

428                         1 cent  1949     green...........................................   AU+    600

441                              1 $  1949     dark blue, "Canton"...................   XF         16

444                              5 $  1949     brown, "Canton".........................   XF         16

447.                           10 $  1949     black, "Canton"..........................   AU+      48

450N        500,000 yuan  1949     Foochow.....................................   VG        40

NL(449)                10,000  1945     branch?.......................................   VF      200

                                            Farmers Bank of China

453d                     1 yuan  1934     farming........................................   VG      200

455    sig X         10 cent  1935     irrigation......................................   F+         40

455    sig Y         10 cent  1935     irrigation......................................   VF-       40

457    sig Y-C      1 yuan  1935     farming/sheep............................   F+         16

458a  sig Y-C      5 yuan  1935     farming/ox...................................   F           20

458b  sig X-C      5 yuan  1935     farming/ox, ovpt "7"...................   VG        20

459a  sig Y-C    10 yuan  1935     farming/horse.................... F 10,  VF         20

459a  sig Y-X    10 yuan  1935     farming/horse...... VG 4, VF 15,  UN      120

460.                     50 cent  1936     blue........................ F 10, VF 20,  UN      160

461                      10 cent  1937     blue................................... VF+9,  UN        48

462.                     20 cent  1937     green..................... VF 8, XF 16,  AU+      48

463.                      1 yuan  1940     red..................... VF+12, AU 32,  UN        64

464                     10 yuan  1940     red...................................... F 10,  VF+      30

471                     10 yuan  1937     provisional ovpt(1940)..............   VG      300

474                       1 yuan  1941     /sheep............................... VF+6,  UN        32

475                       5 yuan  1941     /ox...................................... VG 4,  UN        64

476b                   50 yuan  1941     "Chungking"...................... F 10,  VF         20

477a                100 yuan  1941     .............................................. F 9,  VF         20

477b                100 yuan  1941     "Chungking"..................... VG 6,  F           12

478                   500 yuan  1941     boats/bridge...................... G 50,  F         200

480                   100 yuan  1942     green;/farming.............. VG+30,  VF-       80

480B.                 10 yuan  1943     .....................................................   AU+    800

                                            National Industrial Bank of China

525a                     1 yuan  1924     Shanghai....................................   F         400

532a                     5 yuan  1931     Shanghai "ching".......................   F         300

532a                     5 yuan  1931     Shanghai "2"..............................   F+       450

532a                     5 yuan  1931     Shanghai "MB"...........................   VG+   200

                                            Ningpo Commercial and Savings Bank

541a                            1 $  1920     Shanghai....................................   G        100

546                              1 $  1925     Shanghai....................................   VG-    600

549a                            1 $  1933     Shanghai....................................   VG      100

                                            Bank of Territorial Development

567a                          10 $  1914     Changchun.................................   VG      400

                                            Market Stabilization Currency Bureau

601                     40 copp  1915     Ching Chao......................... pen  F+         60

602.                    50 copp  1915     Ching Chao ovpt........................   AU+    240

                                            Fixed Term Interest Bearing Treasury Notes

628                       5 yuan  1920     .....................................................   XF+    120

 

   PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

860b                        1 fen  1953     truck, roman#x2.........................   UN          4

860c                        1 fen  1953     truck, roman#x3.........................   UN          4

861a.                       2 fen  1953     airplane, with serial#.................   UN      120

861b                        2 fen  1953     airplane, roman#x3...................   UN          4

862b                        5 fen  1953     ship, roman#x3..........................   UN          4

863                          1 jiao  1953     tractor..........................................   F           30

873.                         1 jiao  1960     workers.......................................   UN   1600

874a                     1 yuan  1960     tractor, roman#x3............. VF 6,  UN        48

874c                     1 yuan  1960     tractor, roman#x2......................   UN        32

876a                     5 yuan  1960     steel worker, roman#x3............   VF+      24

876b                     5 yuan  1960     steel worker, roman#x2............   UN      160

877                          1 jiao  1962     red#x3, no wmk.........................   XF           4

877.                         1 jiao  1962     red#x2, no wmk.........................   UN        16

877                          1 jiao  1962     blue#x3, no wmk........................   XF           4

877                          1 jiao  1962     blue#x2, no wmk.............. XF 4,  UN          8

878                          2 jiao  1962     #x3; litho.....................................   UN        12

878                          2 jiao  1962     #x2; litho.....................................   VF           4

879                     10 yuan  1965     #x2...............................................   VF+      24

880a                        5 jiao  1972     wmk, engraved..........................   VF+         6

881a                        1 jiao  1980     men.............................................   UN          4

882                          2 jiao  1980     women........................................   UN          4

883                          5 jiao  1980     children.......................................   UN          4

884                       1 yuan  1980     girls..............................................   UN          8

884                       1 yuan  1996     girls..............................................   UN          4

885.                      2 yuan  1980     girls/sea............................. XF 4,  UN        16

886                       5 yuan  1980     /Yangtze Gorges........................   UN        12

887                     10 yuan  1980     men/mountains................... F 4,  UN        16

888b                   50 yuan  1990     workers/river...............................   AU+      72

889b.               100 yuan  1990     men/mountains..........................   XF+      42

891.   comm      50 yuan  1999     "Revolution 1949-1999"............   UN      150

895                       1 yuan  1999     Mao/mountain............................   UN          4

898                     10 yuan  1999     Mao/mountains, river................   UN          5

899                     20 yuan  1999     Mao/river.....................................   UN        12

901                   100 yuan  1999     Mao/palace.................................   UN        40

903                       5 yuan  2005     Mao/mountain............................   UN          4

904                     10 yuan  2005     Mao/mountains, river................   UN          4

905                     20 yuan  2005     Mao/river.....................................   UN          6

907                   100 yuan  2005     Mao/palace.................................   UN        35

909                   100 yuan  2015     Mao/palace.................................   UN        30

910    comm   100 yuan  2015     "Aerospace science".................   UN        35

   Foreign Exchange Certificates

FX1a               0.10 yuan  1979     Foreign Certificate............ XF 4,  UN          6

FX2                 0.50 yuan  1979     Foreign Certificate............ VF 4,  AU          6

FX3                      1 yuan  1979     Foreign Certificate............ VF 4,  UN        12

FX4                      5 yuan  1979     Foreign Certificate.............. F 4,  VF+         6

FX5                    10 yuan  1979     Foreign Certificate.............. F 4,  XF+      12

FX7                  100 yuan  1979     Foreign Certificate.....................   VF+    120

FX8                    50 yuan  1988     Foreign Certificate............ stain  VF      120

FX9                  100 yuan  1988     Foreign Certificate.....................   UN      320

   Treasury notes, (bonds)

note                    10 yuan  1985     note, aircraft, blue......................   VF+      40

note                      5 yuan  1986     note, building, green.................   VF+      25

   ***China Bond and Shares Certificates***

                                            National Gov. Lottery Loan, Canton

bond                            5 $  1926     brown............................... bs#20  VF         20

                                            Second National Gov. Lottery Loan, Canton

bond                            5 $  1926     purple............................... bs#21  VF         15

                                            Second Kwangtung Military Bond, Canton

bond                   10 yuan  1931     orange.............................. bs#23  XF         35

                                            Citizen Self Gov. Lottery Bond, Canton

bond                     1 yuan  1931     red.................................... bs#24  XF         20

                                            Canton Bank Ltd. Bond, Guangzhou

bond                       100 $  1935     red-brown/green............. bs#25  XF         50

                                            State Bond

bond                100 yuan  ND        bond................................. bs#58  AU          9

                                            Taishan Country Public Road, Co.

share                    5 yuan  1929     .......................................... bs#26  VF+      50

   Vignette

test-prom           vignette  ABNC   "The Joss House"...... lot#1374  AU        10

   TAIWAN

   Japanese occupation (1895-1945)

1911                       1 yen  (1904)   .......................... VG+(hole) 150F         250

1921                       1 yen  (1915)   .......................... VG 50; F+ 150VF      200

1923                     10 yen  (1916)   .....................................................   VF    1000

1925a.                    1 yen  (1934)   "{1-92}"................ VG 8; VF+50,  UN      260

1925b                     1 yen  (1944)   "{93-104}"...................... VG+15,  VF         40

1925s1   spec        1 yen  (1944)   "SPECIMEN" regular#..............   VF    1000

1926                       5 yen  (1934)   .....................................................   F+         75

1927                     10 yen  (1932)   .............................. VG 15; F+45,  XF+    180

1928                   100 yen  (1937)   .................................. F(p/h) 160F+       240

1928s2   spec   100 yen  (1937)   "SPECIMEN" regular#..............   XF+  1500

1930a                   10 yen  (1944)   /lilac, black#................................   F+       210

1930s3   spec     10 yen  (1944)   "SPECIMEN" regular#..............   XF    1200

1931                     10 yen  (1945)   /blue.............................................   F           70

   Republic

1935                     1 yuan  1946     bank, car.....................................   UN        50

1936                     5 yuan  1946     bank, car.....................................   AU+      36

1937                   10 yuan  1946     bank, car................ F 4, AU+30,  UN        40

1938                   50 yuan  1946     bank, car.....................................   F+       120

1939                100 yuan  1946     bank, car............. VF 8, XF+24,  AU+      48

1940                500 yuan  1946     bank, car.....................................   VG        10

1941                100 yuan  1947     bank, no car...............................   XF+      72

1942             1,000 yuan  1948     bank, car.....................................   VF         40

1943             1,000 yuan  1948     bank, no car.................. VF+90,  AU      240

1945           10,000 yuan  1949     map.............................. AU+120UN      160

1946.                     1 cent  1949     bank/map....................................   UN        60

1947.                     5 cent  1949     bank/map....................................   UN        75

1949b                  50 cent  1949     SYS/bank, map................... F 4,  UN        12

1950                     1 yuan  1949     SYS/bank, map, blue....... F 40,  UN      640

1953                     5 yuan  1949     SYS/bank, map, red........ F+45,  XF+    180

1954                   10 yuan  1949     SYS/bank, map, /brown............   VG        90

1955                   10 yuan  1949     SYS/bank, map, /blue... VG 20,  VF         80

1959           10,000 yuan  (1949)   cashier's check..........................   F         300

1960         100,000 yuan  (1949)   cashier's check..........................   VF+    900

1963                      1 cent  1954     bank/map.......................... XF 6,  UN        24

1964                     1 yuan  1954     /bank, blue........... VG 4, VF 16,  XF+      48

1966                     1 yuan  1954     /bank, green...............................   UN        64

1967.                 10 yuan  1954     /bank, blue........... VG 4, VF 12,  AU        48

1968.                    5 yuan  1955     /bank, red............... F 8, XF+50,  AU+    100

1969.                 10 yuan  1960     bridge, blue............. F 4, XF 16,  UN        64

1970.                 10 yuan  1960     bridge, red..................... XF+12,  UN        32

1971a    engr      1 yuan  1961     green, engraved............... XF 4,  UN          8

1973                     5 yuan  1961     lighthouse, brown............ VF+9,  UN        45

1975                100 yuan  1961     /parliament, green.....................   UN      160

1976                   50 yuan  1964     /parliament, purple.....................   F             4

1977                100 yuan  1964     /parliament, green........... VF+9,  UN        48

1978                     5 yuan  1969     /palace, blue..................... VF 4,  UN        20

1979a                10 yuan  1969     /palace, red....................... VF 4,  UN        12

1979b.   "A"       10 yuan  1969     /palace, red.................................   AU          8

1980.                 50 yuan  1970     /palace, purple........ F 6, VF 12,  UN      100

1981.               100 yuan  1970     /parliament, green........ VF+18,  UN        96

1982                   50 yuan  1972     /palace, purple.................. AU 8,  UN        16

1983.               100 yuan  1972     /parliament, green............ VF 4,  UN        32

1984                   10 yuan  1976     /parliament, red................ AU 4,  UN          6

1987.               500 yuan  1981     /palace........................................   UN      160

1988.            1,000 yuan  1981     /palace........................................   UN      300

1990.   comm   50 yuan  1999     "Taiwan 50 year"............ plastic  UN        16

1991                100 yuan  2000     SYS/building...............................   UN          6

1992                200 yuan  2001     Chiang Kai-shek/.......................   UN        14

1993.               500 yuan  2000     baseball/deer.............................   UN        70

1995             2,000 yuan  2001     satellite, rocket/salmons...........   UN      220

1996                500 yuan  2004     baseball/deer.............................   UN        45

1997.            1,000 yuan  2004     students/pheasants...................   UN        90

1998   comm  100 yuan  2011     "Republic of China 100 yr".......   UN          6

                                            Off-shore Island Currency:

R101                    1 yuan  1949     ovpt Kinmen...............................   UN        32

R105                  10 yuan  1950     ovpt Kinmen, @FPF..................   F+         30

R106.                 10 yuan  1950     ovpt Kinmen, @CPF.................   UN      100

R109.                   5 yuan  1966     ovpt Kinmen...............................   UN        50

R111.                 50 yuan  1969     ovpt Kinmen...............................   UN      120

R112.               100 yuan  1972     ovpt Kinmen...............................   UN      140

R112A               10 yuan  1976     ovpt Kinmen...............................   UN        32

R120                    1 yuan  1954     ovpt Matsu..................................   UN        32

R121                    5 yuan  1955     ovpt Matsu..................................   UN        64

 

   JAPANESE PUPPET BANKS;

                                            Central Reserve Bank of China

J1b.                        1 cent  1940     red; serie block..........................   UN        30

J3                         10 cent  1940     green.............................. AU+25,  UN        30

J4                         20 cent  1940     blue................................. VF+10,  UN        40

J7.                        50 cent  1940     purple..........................................   UN        60

J8                         1 yuan  1940     green...........................................   VF         20

J9a                       1 yuan  1940     violet, black sig...........................   VF         15

J9b                       1 yuan  1940     violet..................................... F 6,  XF         25

J10a                     5 yuan  1940     black sig; 4x#.............................   VG        40

J10c                     5 yuan  1940     black sig; 2x#..................... F+6,  AU        32

J10e                     5 yuan  1940     red sig............................... VG 4,  UN        25

J12c                   10 yuan  1940     black sig; 2x#.............................   G             4

J12h                   10 yuan  1940     blue sig; 2x#...............................   XF+      12

J14a                 100 yuan  1942     sig blue............................ VG+5,  UN        60

J14b                 100 yuan  1942     sig black......................................   VG        30

J15a                 500 yuan  1942     brown; wmk................................   AU+    300

J16                       10 cent  1943     green................................. VG 4,  XF         12

J17                       20 cent  1943     blue..............................................   AU+      30

J18a                    50 cent  1943     brown, ser block............... VF 7,  AU+      40

J18b                    50 cent  1943     brown, ser letter+block.... VF 7,  UN        40

J20                     10 yuan  1943     .......................................... VG+5,  AU        55

J21                   100 yuan  1943     green..................... F 10, VF 20,  AU+    120

J23a                 100 yuan  1943     blue.................................. VF-12,  UN        96

J24a                 500 yuan  1943     (187x95) brown... VG 5, VF 20,  XF+      60

J24b                 500 yuan  1943     (187x95) brown................ VG 5,  VF         20

J24c                 500 yuan  1943     (187x95) "Kwangtung".... VG 6,  VF+      35

J25b                 500 yuan  1943     (187x95) purple, wmk...............   VF         35

J25c                 500 yuan  1943     (187x95) no wmk........... VF 20,  AU        70

J26                   500 yuan  1943     (187x95) no guilloche... VG 10,  F           20

J27                   500 yuan  1943     (169x84) brown guilloche.........   XF         40

J28b                 500 yuan  1943     color guilloche................ XF 20,  UN        60

J30                   200 yuan  1944     brown.................................... F 8,  XF+      45

J32b             1,000 yuan  1944     (187x94) blue, ser block.... F 8,  XF         30

J33                1,000 yuan  1944     (169x84) blue-gray, ser block..   VG+        5

J36             10,000 yuan  1944     (184x94) brown............. VG-20,  F           60

J38             10,000 yuan  1944     (170x83) green..........................   F           30

J39             10,000 yuan  1944     (166x65) green............... VF 60,  AU      250

J40a             5,000 yuan  1945     (166x90) grey.................... F 25,  VF+      70

J41                5,000 yuan  1945     (170x84) grey-green....... F 20,  VF         40

J42                5,000 yuan  1945     grey-green(166x65)......... F 30,  XF      150

J42  coun     5,000 yuan  1945     (166x65) old counterfeit............   VG        60

                                            Federal Reserve Bank of China

J46(a)                      1 fen  1938     brown;#1-189.............................   UN        30

J46(b)                      1 fen  1938     brown;#205-366................. F+4,  UN        30

J47b                        5 fen  1939     red...............................................   VF           6

J48a                      10 fen  1938     brown................................ VG 4,  AU        15

J49a                      20 fen  1938     blue.................................... VG 4,  XF         15

J50                        50 fen  (1938)   orange.............................. VG+9,  VF+      20

J54                              1 $  1938     green; Confucius, dragon.........   VG-       90

J59                   100 yuan  1938     (1944)brown....................... G 9,  VG        20

J61                       1 yuan  1938     dragon, Confucius.....................   F+         40

J62                       5 yuan  1938     dragon, Yueh Fei.......................   VF         70

J68                        50 fen  1944     violet................................ VF 15,  XF         30

J69                       1 yuan  1944     green................................. VG 4,  VF           7

J72                       1 yuan  (1941)   grey-green............... F 4, XF 20,  UN        40

J73                       5 yuan  (1941)   orange................................ F 10,  VF+      30

J74                     10 yuan  (1941)   blue..................................... F 15,  XF         60

J75                   100 yuan  (1941)   brown; Huang Ti............ VG-15,  VG+      30

J76                     10 yuan  (1943)   grey-green..................................   VF+      30

J77                   100 yuan  (1943)   brown; Huang Ti.............. VG 9,  F           20

J78a                 500 yuan  (1943)   brown; Confucius.............. F 20,  VF+      60

J79a                     5 yuan  (1944)   brown; wmk.1.............................   VF+      20

J79b1                   5 yuan  (1944)   wmk.2, paper plain....................   VF+      20

J79b2                   5 yuan  (1944)   wmk.2, paper corrugate............   AU        55

J79c                     5 yuan  (1944)   brown; no wmk...........................   XF+      50

J80                     10 yuan  (1944)   blue; Kuan Yu.................. VG 4,  XF+      30

J81                     10 yuan  (1944)   purple.................... F 12, XF 50,  AU      100

J83                   100 yuan  (1944)   brown; Huang Ti.............. VG-9,  VF+      40

J86a                   10 yuan  (1945)   violet; @#11.................. XF+20,  UN        45

J86b                   10 yuan  (1945)   violet; @#14................... XF 15,  UN        45

J87a    "1"          50 yuan  (1945)   violet; block <1>.........................   VF+    180

J88                   100 yuan  (1945)   brown................................. VF 8,  UN        40

J90                   500 yuan  (1945)   (168x78).......................... VF 20,  XF         40

J91c              1,000 yuan  (1945)   green; serie block "4- "..............   VF         60

                                            Mengchiang Bank

J101A                    1 chia  (1940)   camels.........................................   F+         13

J104                     1 yuan  ND        Great Wall...................................   AU+      80

J109                   10 yuan  (1938)   sheep................................... P 4,  F+         70

J112                 100 yuan  (1938)   camel.................................. F 20,  XF-       70

                                            Central Bank of Manchukuo

J128                 100 yuan  (1932)   flag...............................................   G        250

J129                      50 fen  (1935)   brown................................. F 25,  VF+      75

J130a                   1 yuan  (1937)   green unpt; #6-digit...................   VF         25

J130b                   1 yuan  (1937)   green unpt; #7-digit....... XF 18,  AU+      50

J131a                   5 yuan  (1937)   brown unpt; #6-digit...................   P             4

J133b              100 yuan  (1938)   green unpt; #7-digit....... VF 25,  XF+      80

J135a                   1 yuan  (1944)   violet unpt............................ F 4,  XF+      20

J135b                   1 yuan  (1944)   violet unpt; ser block...... VF 14,  XF+      40

J137a                 10 yuan  (1944)   green unpt....................... VF 10,  AU+      60

J137c                 10 yuan  (1944)   green unpt; serie block.............   XF+      60

J138                 100 yuan  (1944)   blue unpt; wmk1........................   F+         25

J138                 100 yuan  (1944)   blue unpt; wmk2............... F 15,  VF+      45

J140                      10 fen  (1944)   .....................................................   VF+      20

J141                      50 fen  (1941)   green..................... F+ 6, XF 15,  UN        60

   JAPANESE MILITARY WW2

M1                        10 sen  yr.12     (1937)............................. VG 50VF      200

M2                        50 sen  yr.12     (1937).......................... VG+150F+       300

   Japanese Imperial Government Military Note(long tile -11 characters)

M8                           1 sen  (1939)   long title........................... AU 25,  UN        35

M10                        5 sen  (1939)   long title.......................................   F           25

M10    replica         5 sen  (1939)   long title.......................................   UN        10

M14                      50 sen  (1939)   long title................................ F 4,  UN        40

M18                        5 yen  (1939)   long title.......................................   F+         25

M20r                     10 yen  (1939)   long title; no #................ VG 10,  F+         30

   Japanese Imperial Government Note(short tile -7 characters)

M7                           1 sen  (1940)   short title.....................................   UN        25

M9                           5 sen  (1940)   short title............................ VF 5,  UN        25

M11                      10 sen  (1940)   short title.....................................   UN        30

M13                      50 sen  (1940)   short title......................... XF 15,  UN        40

M15                        1 yen  (1940)   short title.............................. G 4,  UN        60

M17                        5 yen  (1940)   short title......................... XF 15,  UN        60

M19                      10 yen  (1940)   short title........................ VF+12,  UN        60

M21                    100 yen  (1945)   short title, wmk...........................   XF+      50

   Japanese Occupation Military Notes -overprinted issues

M22                        1 yen  (1939)   ovpt-4 characters............ G+12,  XF      120

M23                        1 yen  (1939)   ovpt-4+7 characters...... XF 50,  AU+    150

M24                        5 yen  (1938)   ovpt-long title.................. VF 20,  UN      160

M25a                      5 yen  (1939)   ovpt-short title......... F 5, VF 10,  UN        80

M27                      10 yen  (1938)   ovpt-short title...................... F 5,  UN        80

M28                    100 yen  (1945)   ovpt; brown-green.......... VF 10,  XF+      30

M29.                   100 yen  (1945)   ovpt; violet-green........... VF 10,  UN        80

M30                    100 yen  (1945)   ovpt; brown-green............ VF 4,  UN        25

                                            -Canton issue, stamp "hiragana" or "hentaigana"

M25a.1                   5 yen  (1938)   2x stamp "hiragana"........... rare  VG      600

M24b                      5 yen  (1939)   4x stamp "hentaigana"..............   F         200

M24b                      5 yen  (1939)   3x stamp "hentaigana"..............   VG      120

M24b                      5 yen  (1939)   2x stamp "hentaigana"..............   VG      120

M25                        5 yen  (1939)   3x "hentaigana"................ G 30,  F         120

M25                        5 yen  (1939)   2x "hentaigana"............. VG 50,  F         100

M27b                    10 yen  (1939)   3x stamp "hentaigana"..............   VG        80

M27b                    10 yen  (1939)   2x "hentaigana"..........................   VF      150

   RUSSIAN MILITARY WW2 Manchuria

M31                      1 yuan  1945     Russian Military.........................   VF-     150

M32                      5 yuan  1945     Russian Military.........................   F         150

M33                    10 yuan  1945     Russian Military.......... VF+120AU      300

M34                 100 yuan  1945     Russian Military............. VG 30,  AU      500

M36                 100 yuan  1945     Russian Military +stamp...........   F         100

 

   sss -Regional, Emergency, Private notes- sss (s# refer to Pick vol.1)

   FOREIGN BANKS;

                                            American Oriental Banking Corporation

NL(s100)            vignette  ABNC   engraved "ships"........ lot#1373  UN        20

                                            Chinese Italian Banking Corporation

s253.   rema        1 yuan  1921     unissued, no sig.........................   UN      200

s254    rema        5 yuan  1921     unissued, no sig.........................   UN      250

s255    rema     10 yuan  1921     unissued, no sig.........................   F           70

                                            Exchange Bank of China

s304b                          1 $  1920     Tientsin; "P"................................   F         300

s305b                          5 $  1920     Tientsin; "T"................................   F         400

s309b                  10 cent  1928     Tientsin; "P"................................   VF      150

                                            Russo-Asiatic Bank, Harbin

s473                      50 kop  (1917)   .......................... VF 50; AU 200UN      300

s474.                       1 rub  (1917)   no serie letter................. VF-60,  AU+    400

s474                        1 rub  (1917)   serie "A"............................ F+60,  VF+    120

s474                        1 rub  (1917)   serie "B"......................................   F           70

s475                        3 rub  (1917)   ................................ VG(pen) 70,  F         180

s476                      10 rub  (1917)   .....................................................   VG      120

s478                    100 rub  (1917)   .....................................................   VF+    900

                                            Harbin, city

NL                            1 rub  (1918)   - 1920.06.01...............................   VG+   300

                                            Chinese East Railroad, Russian train dispatch

NL             train dispatch  19--       HangtaoHotze............ lot#1112  VF         35

                                            Sino-Scandinavian Bank

s580                     1 yuan  1922     Ch'ang Li/Peking......... VF 100XF+    250

s595                    10 cent  1925     Tientsin.......................................   VF      180

   PROVINCIAL BANKS;

                                            Charhar Commercial Bank

s856Ca                5 yuan  1933     Kalgan........................... XF 100AU      250

s857A                  10 cent  1935     .....................................................   AU+    140

                                            Chekiang Provincial Bank

s866                     1 yuan  1949     .....................................................   F+         60

s877                    10 cent  1936     ............................. VG+9, VF 25,  AU+      80

s878                    20 cent  1936     ......................................... VF 25,  VF+      40

s879                    50 cent  1936     ............................................. G+9,  F           30

s880                       1 cent  (1939)   .....................................................   F           20

s888                     1 yuan  1939     .....................................................   F-          60

s893                     1 yuan  1941     .....................................................   VF+    100

                                            Yung Heng Provincial Bank of Kirin

s986                      10 tiao  1917     orange.........................................   F+       250

s1007                  20 cent  1918     .....................................................   VG      100

s1029                 100 tiao  1920     red...............................................   VG      200

s1081A              100 tiao  1928     red...............................................   AU+    400

                                            Kiangsi Provincial Bank

s1089D.              20 cent  1949     .....................................................   AU-     150

                                            Yu Ming Bank of Kiangsi

s1135                   1 yuan  1933     .....................................................   F+       150

                                            Kiangsu Farmers Bank

s1198                  50 cent  1936     TTBC Shanghai.........................   VG+      60

s1204                   1 yuan  1941     green...........................................   F           90

                                            Provincial Bank of Chihli

s1263b                        1 $  1920     Tientsin.......................................   F           50

s1286                 20 copp  1926     green...........................................   UN        70

s1288a                        1 $  1926     Tientsin.......................................   XF      150

s1289a                        5 $  1926     Tientsin.......................................   F         120

                                            Bank of Local Railway of Shansi and Suiyuan

s1291b                10 cent  1934     Taiyuan; train.............................   VF+    180

s1294c                        1 $  1934     Taiyuan; train.............................   VF      120

s1295a                        5 $  1934     Taiyuan; train; green.................   VG-       60

s1299                  50 cent  1936     train.............................................   VF+    100

                                            Kung Tsi Bank of Fengtien

s1355                   5 copp  1918     .....................................................   VF      300

s1356                 10 copp  1918     .....................................................   F+       300

s1362                 20 copp  1922     .....................................................   F         100

s1365               100 copp  1922     black/green.................................   G           15

s1365    spec  100 copp  1922     "SPECIMEN" cancelled............   F+       300

                                            Fengtien Public Exchange Bank

s1377                 10 copp  1924     ....................................................   F           40

                                            Fukien Provincial Bank

s1403                 10 copp  1935     red, pagoda ...............................   F-          70

s1404                 10 copp  1935     red, pavilion................................   F         100

s1410                 50 copp  1936     orange.........................................   F         100

s1420                   1 yuan  1939     red...............................................   VF      120

s1424                      5 fen  1940     green...........................................   XF         60

                                            Hainan Bank

s1452                    2 cent  1949     brown..........................................   UN          4

s1453                    5 cent  1949     red...............................................   UN          4

s1455.                 20 cent  1949     green................................... XF4,  UN          8

s1456                  50 cent  1949     .....................................................   UN        12

                                            Kwang Sing Company, Heilungchiang

s1576b                 20 cen  1920     Hulun...........................................   F         600

s1602b   spec            5 $  1924     "SPECIMEN" cancelled............   F-        300

s1603b   spec          10 $  1924     "SPECIMEN" cancelled............   F         300

                                            -Amoy Industrial Bank (Eng)

s1655.                   1 cent  (1940)   red...............................................   UN        50

s1657.                 10 cent  (1940)   gate; green.................................   UN        70

s1658                  50 cent  (1940)   pagoda; blue..............................   UN      150

                                            Provincial Bank of Honan

s1679                 20 copp  1923     green/olive..................................   VG+      70

s1688b                 1 yuan  1923     Honan.........................................   F         110

                                            Bank of Hopei

s1711d                10 cent  1929     Tientsin.......................................   F         110

s1712a                20 cent  1929     Peking.........................................   P           20

s1712b                20 cent  1929     Tientsin.......................................   G           30

s1723                   1 yuan  1933     Tientsin.......................................   VG-       65

s1728                  50 cent  1934     .....................................................   VG        80

s1729                   1 yuan  1934     Tientsin.............................. F 45,  VF         90

s1731a                 5 yuan  1934     Tientsin.......................................   VF      150

s1732                 10 yuan  1934     Tientsin.......................................   F+       300

                                            Khotan District Administration

s1737                        3 tal  1335/6  ......................................... F+110,  VF      150

                                            Sinkiang Commercial and Industrial Bank

s1746a                  10 fen  1939     green...........................................   VF      200

s1747a                  20 fen  1939     violet............................................   F         150

s1748                    50 fen  1939     brown..........................................   F         150

s1754              100 yuan  1939     red/violet.....................................   F-        300

s1763                 10 yuan  1943     blue-green/green.......................   VF      350

s1765              200 yuan  1945     violet............................................   VF-     120

s1769              500 yuan  1946     brown/green...............................   VG+      70

s1771           2,000 yuan  1947     red...............................................   F-        120

s1772           5,000 yuan  1947     blue..............................................   VG+      90

s1774         20,000 yuan  1947     blue.................................. F 120,  VF-     180

                                            Sinkiang Sub-prefecture Administration

s1780                      5 tale  1932     .....................................................   VG        90

                                            Sinkiang Prov.Gov. Finance Dep. Treasury

s1820               100 cash  1920     ........................... missing corner  VF      350

                                            Sinkiang Finance Department Treasury

s1851               400 cash  1931     green on pink/blue.....................   F         160

s1869                      5 tael  1932     .....................................................   VG      200

                                            Hunan Provincial Bank

s1984                    5 cent  1937     .....................................................   F           60

                                            Hunan Bank

s2039               100 copp  1913     .....................................................   VG        80

s2040               100 copp  1913     .....................................................   VG        80

s2056                 10 copp  1917     .....................................................   F         150

                                            Hupeh Provincial Bank

s2098               100 copp  1914     .....................................................   VG        50

                                            Hupeh Provincial Bank

s2102                  20 cent  1928     sig 1.............................................   VF-       90

s2123                   1 yuan  1941     .....................................................   VG        70

                                            Industrial Development Bank of Jehol

s2172b                     10 $  1920     Chih Feng/ Jehol.......................   VG      200

                                            Kan Sen Bank of Kiangsi

s2227                        10 $  1924     .....................................................   VG      300

                                            Monetary Bureau of Government Kansu

s2245                   50 cen  1935     .....................................................   VG+   160

                                            Canton Municipal Bank

s2253b                 10 cen  1928     .....................................................   G           20

s2260a                 10 cen  1931     .....................................................   G+        50

s2276                   10 cen  1933     .....................................................   VF         60

s2277                   20 cen  1933     .....................................................   F           60

s2278c                        1 $  1933     .....................................................   F           35

s2280c                      10 $  1933     .......................................... F 150,  VF      300

                                            Provincial Bank of Kwangsi

s2339r     rema          1 $  1929     no place......................................   G           30

s2340e                        5 $  1929     Nanning......................................   F           60

s2340g                        5 $  1929     Wuchow......................................   VF         70

s2340r     rema          5 $  1929     no place......................................   XF         70

s2341r     rema        10 $  1929     no place......................................   VF+      70

                                            Kwangsi Bank

s2351                          1 $  1912     Liuchow.......................................   VG        60

s2357                   10 cen  1920     Wuchow......................................   VG        70

s2366                          1 $  1921     Wuchow; ovpt Military...............   VG+      90

s2380                  1 chiao  1936     ........................................ VF+40,  XF+      80

                                            Provincial Bank of Kwangtung Province

s2401e                        1 $  1918     ............................................ F 20,  XF         80

s2402b                        5 $  1918     ............................................ F 14,  XF-       40

s2403c                      10 $  1918     .....................................................   F+         60

s2403d                     10 $  1918     .....................................................   VF         40

s2407                   20 cen  1922     .....................................................   F+         30

s2408                   50 cen  1922     ......................................... VF 30,  XF         60

s2421a                        1 $  1931     ............................................ F 12,  VF+      35

s2421b                        1 $  1931     .....................................................   F           15

s2421d                        1 $  1931     .....................................................   UN        35

s2422d                        5 $  1931     ............................................ VF 6,  UN        35

s2425b                        1 $  1931     brown..........................................   AU        35

s2425c                        1 $  1931     brown..........................................   VG        15

s2426                          5 $  1931     red........................................ G 5,  VF-       30

s2429b                     10 $  1931     green...........................................   VF-       30

s2431a                 10 cen  1934     .......................................... VG+4,  XF         15

s2436a                 10 cen  1935     red...................................... XF 8,  UN        30

s2437b                 20 cen  1935     green....................... VG 4, XF 8,  UN        30

s2438                   50 cen  1935     blue..............................................   VG        20

s2442                          1 $  (1936)   red/brown....................................   VG        20

s2443                          5 $  (1936)   ............................................ F 14,  VF+      40

s2449b                        1 $  1940     Hainan Japanese occupy.........   F         250

s2449r     rema          1 $  1940     Hainan Japanese occupy.........   AU+    350

s2452                     1 cen  1949     .....................................................   UN        30

s2453                     5 cen  1949     .............................................. F 4,  UN        20

s2454                   10 cen  1949     .....................................................   UN        20

s2455                   50 cen  1949     .....................................................   UN        30

s2456                   1 yuan  1949     .....................................................   UN        30

s2457                   5 yuan  1949     .....................................................   UN        30

s2458                 10 yuan  1949     .....................................................   UN        30

s2459              100 yuan  1949     .....................................................   UN        60

                                            Provincial Bank of Kweichow

s2461                     1 cen  1949     .....................................................   UN        60

s2462                     5 cen  1949     ......................................... XF-25,  UN        90

s2463                   10 cen  1949     .....................................................   UN      120

                                            Commercial Guarantee Bank of Chihli

s2518c                 1 yuan  1933     Peiping........................................   VG-       90

                                            Frontier Bank

s2564a                10 cent  1925     Peking and Tientsin...................   VG      100

s2577                  10 cent  1929     Mukden; orange.........................   G+      100

                                            Shanse Provincial Bank

s2633b                10 cent  (1924)   .....................................................   F+         80

s2654a                10 cent  1930     Taiyuan.......................................   F         100

s2677                   1 yuan  1936     ......................................... VG-10,  VF+      70

s2680                 10 yuan  1937     .....................................................   F           80

                                            Shantung Exchange Bureau

s2709                  10 cent  1936     .....................................................   VF         80

s2710                  20 cent  1936     .....................................................   F+         90

s2711                  50 cent  1936     "B"................................................   VG+      90

                                            Shantung Min Sheng Bank

s2731                  10 cent  1936     .....................................................   VF         70

s2732                  20 cent  1936     ......................................... VF 35,  XF         70

s2733                  50 cent  1936     .....................................................   F+         70

s2740                  50 cent  1940     ......................................... XF 30,  AU        60

s2742                          5 $  1940     .....................................................   F           50

s2744                        10 $  1943     ............................................ F 40,  VF         80

                                            Provincial Bank of Shantung

s2757a                 1 yuan  1925     Tsinan............... missing corner  VG+   160

s2758a                 5 yuan  1925     Tsinan.........................................   F-        300

                                            Provincial Bank of Manchuria

S2899                10 yuan  1917     .....................................................   F+       800

                                            Provincial Bank of Three Eastern Provinces

s2953a              10 yuan  1924     .....................................................   VG      150

                                            New Fu-Tien Bank

s2997                          5 $  1929     .....................................................   VG        90

s2998                        10 $  1929     .......................................... G+80,  F-        160

s2999                        50 $  1929     .....................................................   G+        40

s3000                     100 $  1929     .....................................................   G+        40

                                            Fu-Tien Bank

s3014                          1 $  (1921)   ........................... missing border  P           30

                                            Yunnan Provincial Bank

s3029                 10 yuan  (1949)   .....................................................   VF+    500

   COMMUNIST BANKS;

                                            Bank of Chinan

s3064a                10 cent  1939     grey/brown; view........................   VF+    120

s3066                  50 cent  1939     green/brown; fortress................   VG+      70

s3068                   2 yuan  1939     green/brown; pagoda................   VF-       70

s3068                   2 yuan  1939     green/brown; pagoda................   VG        25

s3069Ab              5 yuan  1939     green/brown; Tai Hang.............   AU+    200

s3069Ca              5 yuan  1939     red-black/green..........................   XF+      90

s3075                 50 yuan  1942     brown/blue..................................   VF         50

                                            Bank of Shansi, Chahar and Hopei

s3138                  50 cent  1938     .....................................................   F+         70

s3156                 10 yuan  1940     brown/green...............................   VG-       50

s3167              500 yuan  1944     brown/brown; plowing...............   P           20

s3171                   5 yuan  1945     olive/brown; pagoda..................   VF-     120

s3174C              10 yuan  1945     brown/red "1"..............................   G+        30

s3175                 50 yuan  1945     grey/green; river........................   G           40

s3195              500 yuan  1946     red-brown/brown; cattle............   P           20

s3199              500 yuan  1946     brown-green/red........................   VF      120

s3211           5,000 yuan  1947     brown; bridge.............................   F         100

                                            Pei Hai Bank, Bank of Bai Hai, Bo Xai Inxang

s3552a                 1 yuan  1942     blue/brown..................................   G           50

s3554                  50 cent  1943     brown/green...............................   VG        70

s3558              100 yuan  1943     grey/brown..................................   VG-       60

s3569b              50 yuan  1944     violet/blue...................................   G+        50

s3569Ca            50 yuan  1944     red/brown; Chiotung..................   G           50

s3596A            200 yuan  1945     brown/purple..............................   VF+    150

s3604              100 yuan  1946     brown/blue monument... VG-25  VG        35

s3609              100 yuan  1946     red/brown; monument...............   F         100

s3622Ba          500 yuan  1948     brown/violet................................   F         120

s3622D            500 yuan  1948     blue/brown..................................   F         140

s3622E            500 yuan  1948     brown/brown...............................   F         120

s3623M        2,000 yuan  1948     green/brown; factory/ship.........   VG+   100

s3623N        2,000 yuan  1948     blue/violet; port/boat..................   VG+   100

                                            Bank of Dung Bai, Tung Pei Bank of China

s3731                 50 yuan  1945     red/brown;/ship..........................   VG+      70

s3734              100 yuan  1945     blue-pink/red; factory................   VG        40

s3735                  50 cent  1946     green/blue; ship.........................   VG        70

s3736                   1 yuan  1946     red/orange; plowing...................   VF+    100

s3745b              10 yuan  1947     red-grey/violet; farming.............   VF-     250

s3748              100 yuan  1947     red/green; plowing.....................   F           65

s3749              100 yuan  1947     red/red; plowing.........................   G           20

s3757           1,000 yuan  1948     brown-green/violet........ VG 50,  F         100

s3763         50,000 yuan  1948     train, ship....................................   F         350

s3766              500 yuan  1950     blue; plowing..............................   F         150

   MILITARY, 1912-30;

                                            Bank of Northwest

s3870a                20 cent  1925     Kalgan.........................................   VG      200

s3871a                 1 yuan  1925     Fengchen....................................   F         120

s3871c                 1 yuan  1925     Kalgan.........................................   F+       120

s3872b                 1 yuan  1925     Kalgan.........................................   VF-     150

s3873d                 5 yuan  1925     Peking.........................................   VG      100

s3875b              10 yuan  1925     Kalgan.........................................   VG+   120

 

  Other -Regional, Emergency, Private notes- Other (not listed in Pick)

notes ref; SM- -Smith and Matravers "Chinese Banknotes" 1970

                                            Hupei-Huan; commodity note, payable in rice

NL                    1 tael rice  1948     for military use only...................   XF      250

                                            -Chefoo Chamber of Commerce

SM-Y5-1             10 cent  1938     yellow; pagoda...........................   VG        70

                                            -China General Omnibus Co, Shanghai

NL                          5 cent  1942     March..........................................   VF-     300

                                            -Ping Hsi Commercial Current Note (Eng)

NL                           100 $  1944     brown; view/blue; car................   F-        120

                                            -Shou Kuang Yu Mim Bank

NL                    100 yuan  1944     .....................................................   F         200

                                            -Te Hsing Garage

NL                        30 cent  1929     blue; train/blue-green................   VF         35

                                            -Tung Hsing (Eng), Pu Tien, Fukien

SM-T211-1         20 cent  1930     red-blue/blue..............................   VG+   130

                                            -Yei Kong Muney, Kiukiang, Kiangsi

SM-C204-1         10 cent  1930     .....................................................   VG      130

                                            local issues;

NL                     500 cash  ND        Ping Chiang................ lot#1110  VF-       60

NL                           5 tioa  ND        ...................................... lot#1114  AU        30

NL                         10 tiao  ND        Shantung?................... lot#1121  AU        30

NL                        30 cent  1933     Long Feng................... lot#1129  VF         60

                                            -Berlin, Kolonialgedenktag, Germany

notgeld                    75 pf  1921     "A" colony "Kiautschau"............   UN        10

                                            -Neustadt, district(Amt), Germany

notgeld                  50 pfe  1922     lost colony "Kiautschau"...........   UN        10

                                            -Chinese receipts

NL                    2 receipts  1928     ...................................... lot#1008  F           10

   Checks

check                    7213 $  1940     SE Levy/CBoIA C....... lot#1082  XF           9

   Ration Coupons             -Shanghai

NL                  ration card  1980-2  for fabrics.................... lot#1015  VF           6

NL           ration coupons  1978-    1984; 13 coupons...... lot#1089  XF           9

NL           ration coupons  197-      9 coupons................... lot#1175  XF           6

NL           ration coupons  197-      9 coupons................... lot#1178  XF           6

               0.5,1,5 coupon  1962     Guangzhou(Canton).... 3 notes  XF         15

   Fundraising Notes, Lottery Tickets

              -Chinese War Orphans' Fund, Johannesburg, S Africa

NL                          1 shill  1943     10.02 donation 1/-.....................   F           50

   Hell notes

SM-M22                  1000  ND        Ming Kuo Yin Hang.... lot#1062  VF         10

 


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