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Obverse Description
Chinese text; guilloches
Reverse Description
English text; Sun Yat-sen
Catalog Information
GSID:
151022
Variety:
Horizontal black obscured SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal black obscured 本様 ovpt front/back; horizontal red obscured specimen # front/back; all-zero s/n Confirmed place of issue: SH
BNB #:
B3044g
Pick #:
P197
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Bank Note Value History
Horizontal black obscured SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal black obscured 本様 ovpt front/back; horizontal red obscured specimen # front/back; all-zero s/n Confirmed place of issue: SH
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Horizontal black obscured SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal black obscured 本様 ovpt front/back; horizontal red obscured specimen # front/back; all-zero s/n Confirmed place of issue: SH
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年二十國民華中 / 1923 Sig 1a: Huang/Song Unconfirmed
Sig 1b: Huang/Song Prefix none, A - D Confirmed place of issue: 00, HU+KX+KW, SH, SW
Worth: $20 – $80
Sig 2a: Zhou/Huang Prefix F Confirmed place of issue: 00
Worth: $20 – $80
Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n; selvage Confirmed place of issue: 00
Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n Confirmed place of issue: 00
Horizontal black SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal black 本様 ovpt front/back; no sig ; all-zero s/n Confirmed place of issue: 00
年二十國民華中 / 1923 Sig 1a: Huang/Song Unconfirmed
Worth: $500 – $500
Sig 1b: Huang/Song Prefix A, B Confirmed place of issue: 00, HU+KX+KW, PH, SH
Sig 2a: Zhou/Huang Unconfirmed
Horizontal black SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; horizontal black 本様 ovpt front/back; no sig ; normal s/n Confirmed place of issue: 00
Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n Confirmed place of issue: 00
年二十國民華中 / 1923 Sig 1a: Huang/Song Unconfirmed
Worth: $650 – $650
Sig 1b: Huang/Song Prefix none Confirmed place of issue: CT, HU+KX+KW
Sig 2a: Zhou/Huang Unconfirmed
Uniface front/back proof; no ovpt; no sig; no s/n Confirmed place of issue: 00
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