Just added a number of Chinese notes to my collection, I started off with collecting the Japanese occupation notes but somehow have branched out (Again LOL)

Central Bank of China

$100 1941
Purple/Gray/Blue/Red
Front Value in English at corners & each side of Portrait of Sun Yat-sen cachet above Shanghai centre
Rev Value in Chinese at corners & center
Sc171277v
Watermark no
P199f

$100 1941
Purple/Gray/Blue/Red
Front Value in English at corners & each side of Sun Yat-sen cachet above Shanghai centre
Rev Value in Chinese at corners & center
Sc151959g
Watermark no
P199?

5 Custom Gold Unit 1930
Gray/Red
Front Sun Yat-sen In central cachet, Value in Chinese at corners
Rev Bank building Shanghai in central cachet, Value in English at corners
Watermark no
P326d

10 Custom Gold Unit 1930
Front Sun Yat-sen In central cachet, Value in Chinese at corners
Rev Bank building Shanghai in central cachet, Value in English at corners
Watermark no
P327d

$100 1941
Green/Purple
Front Portrait of Sun Yat-sen, Value in Chinese at corners & in cachet to right
Rev Value in English at corners & Center
Watermark no
P243a


$500 1944
Red
Front Portrait of Sun Yat-sen, Value in Chinese at corners & in cachet to right
Rev Value in English at corners & Center
Watermark Sun Yat-sen
P264

Bank of comunications
$100 1941
Purple/Green/Red
Front Value in Chinese at corners, Steam passenger train on bridge
Rev Value in English at corners & bottom center, Steam passenger train
Watermark no
P162b

Bank of China
Purple/Green/Red
$100 1940
Front Portrait of Sun Yat-Sen, Value in Chinese at corners & center
Rev Value in English at corners & center, Temple of Heaven at right
Watermark no
P88b

Please click on the link in my Sig to see the notes, also any info on the 2 Central Bank of China 'Shanghai' 100y notes would be appreciated as I know there are variouse signatures

nice notes!!!

Thank you Dustin appreciated, now to add to them a little Some more of what started me on China LOL

Japanese Military occupation of China

5y 1938
Gray/Brown/Green/Red
Front Value in corners, Temple, Chrysanthanum top center, face of noe
Rev Value in center of fancy cachet overprinted in red
PM24a

10s 1939
Gray/Brown/Red
Front Value in corners, Red seal, Dragon, Chrysanthanum top center,
Rev Value in Chinese & English each side of central script

5s 1939
Blue/Brown/Green/Red
Front Value in corners, Red seal, Dragon, Chrysanthanum top center,
Rev Value in Chinese & English each side of central script

1s 1939
Brown/Blue/Purple/Red
Front Value in corners, Red seal, Dragon, Chrysanthanum top center,
Rev Value in Chinese & English each side of central script

1y 1940
Gray/Brown/Red
Front Value in corners, Red seal,Chrysanthanum top center, Tosa-Onagadori in flight Flowers
Rev Value in Chinese & English each side of central script

Any info on these notes greatfuly accepted

nice finds

Have to say I am quite pleased with them

Neat! Interestingly, I usually collect pre-35 only. (Changeover from silver based to fiat notes)

LOL it was hard enough cutting it down to Pre Communisum never mind anything else Can I ask what reference books you use?

I collected a lot of China years ago, now I would like to collect the banknotes from Jiangxi province. They are rather elusive though, and pricey.

You have to just love China for banknotes, they invented them and they sure crank out a lot of different kinds of them, especially from 1912-1949.

LOL I was looking earlier at some of the many different types that there are and I will admit to feeling quite daunted but at the same time excited at the prospect of learning more about them

One more to add to the collection today

China
20 Custom Gold Unit 1930
Green/Red/Purple/Blue
Front Sun Yat-sen In central cachet, Value in Chinese at corners
Rev Bank building Shanghai in central cachet, Value in English at corners
Watermark no
P328

Please click on the link in my sig to view it

I just use Pick's Pre-60 and Specialized Catalogues. The specialized one has lots of really weird stuff (minor private banks) in it.

I'm sure there's probably some good Chinese language references that provide the backgrounds for a lot of them, but I have not tried seeking any out.

Since my budget for notes is pretty small, it's been mostly Central Bank and BoComm notes. I've love to have the opportunity to see some HSBC or Imperial notes.

Thanks looks like I might have to invest in that Means less $$ for notes & coins though LOL

Todays additions are



Central Bank of China
1930 50 Custom Gold Units
Purple/Red/Brown
Front Sun Yat-sen In central cachet, Value in Chinese at corners
Rev Bank building Shanghai in central cachet, Value in English at corners
Watermark no
P329

I believe that there are at least 5 variations of signatures for this note LOL
1936 $10
Blue/Black
Front Portrait of Sun Yat-Sen, Value in Chinese at corners & center
Rev Value in corners, Palace of China in Peking
Watermark Sun Yat-Sen
Sig 2
P218a

Bank of Communications
1935 $5
Green/Red
Front value in corners in English, Central cachet with Pagoda on hillside above lake
Rev value in corners in Chinese, Central cachet three Chinese Junks
Watermark Junk
P154r

Bank of China
1937 $5
Purple/Green/Red
Front Portrait of Sun Yat-Sen, Value in Chinese at corners & center
Rev Value in corners & Center, Skyscraper possibly in Shanghi
Watermark Pagoda
P80

1940 $10
Red/Ocher
Front Portrait of Sun Yat-Sen, Value in Chinese at corners & center
Rev Value in English at corners & center, Temple of Heaven at right
Watermark No
P85a

Hainan Bank
1949 50c
Red/Blue
Front Value in corners in chinese, Central Portrait of Sun Yat-Sen
Rev Value in English each side of chinese junk below name of bank
Watermark No
Ps1456


The Bank of Communications note is superb, I love the actual artwork of this note a lot & I am very happy to have got my 1st Provincial bank note a rather cute little 50 cent's
To view as usual just click on the link in my sig & enjoy them

Just added the following notes to the collection

Bank of Communications
$10 1914 Shanghai
Red/Blue
Governor T S Wong signed in black
Front Value in Chinese each side of picture of Bank building & tram
Rev Value each side of picture of Ship and Train & Horses and cart
Watermark No
P118o

Central Bank of China
10c 1940
Green
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat Sen
Rev Value in English
Watermark no
P226

$1 1945
Blue/Brown
Front Value in Chinese each side of portrait of Chiang Ka Shek
Rev Value in English, Temple on hillside overlooking river
Watermark No
P387

To veiw just click on the link in my sig

One more to add today

Bank of Communications
$10 1935
Red/Yellow
Front Value in Chinese High voltage electric towers
Rev Value in English, Pagoda on hill by shoreline, Spiderweb cachet
Watermark No
P155

Well was rather pleased with what the postman brought today They are slightly different to the usual Chinese notes that I have The first was issued by the Japanese occupying forces for the puppet regiem in Peking

Federal Reserve Bank of China
(Issued for for the puppet government in Beijing by the Japanese).
10 fen 1938
Brown
Front Tower of Summer Place
Rev Cachet with value
Watermark No
PJ48

And the second was issued to replace notes issued by the Japanese Occupiers during the war years in the North eastern Provinces, it is one of the later issues

Republic Issue North-Eastern Provinces
(Issued by the Central Bank of China to replace those issued by the puppet bank)
$10000
Brown/Blue
Front City Gate
Rev Great Wall of China
Watermark No
P386

To view just click on the link in my sig

wow looks nice .......is that a stamp or somethin under the < 177 > ...dont think so but looks a bit like a stamp anyway nice

It's part of the note but I agree it certainly looks like a handstamp, I have one on the way that actualy does have a rather unusual handstamp on it but that is for another day LOL

lol

Here we go with a load of new Chinese for the collection, if any one has any info that I have missed out please let me know Included are a Cheque & what I believe to be a bond of some sort LOL

Central Bank of China
1928 $10
Over printed Du Cashiers Check
Green/Blue/Red
Front Value in Chinese
Rev Value in English, , Portrait of Sun Yat-sen

1930 $5
Green/Blue/Red
Overprinted TC Ji Cashiers Check
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen
Rev Value in English, Temple on top of Hill in countryside

1930 $5
Green/Blue/Red
Overprinted Qin Cashiers Check
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen
Rev Value in English, Temple on top of Hill in countryside

$1000 1945
Brown/Red
Front Value in Chinese at corners & each side of Sun Yat-sen portrait
Rev Value in English
P290

$10 1948
Green/Olive/Red
Front Value in Chinese, portrait of Chiang Kai-Shek
Rev Value in English, Modern Bank building

Farmers Bank of China
$5 Hand stamped 'Merry Xmas 1944'
Blue/Red
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen
Rev Value in English, Handstamp, Farm building, Cow
Watermark Sun Yat-sen

Shantung Yu Ming Bank
1941 50 Cents
Orange
Gen Manager T P Liu
Ass Manager T F Wee
Front Value in Chinese & English
Rev Value in Chinese, Locomotive

1944 $50
Brown/Blue/Red
Gen Manager T P Liu
Ass Manager T F Wee
Front Value in Chinese & English, Small cachet with pagoda
Rev Value in Chinese & English, Pagoda

Ta Han Szechuan Military Government
1912 $1
Brown/Gray/B;ack/Red
Front Value in Chinese & two chop marks
Rev Chinese writting, serial #, Chop mark

Sinkiang Commercial & Industrial
1946 $500
Brown/Green
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen
Rev Value in English & Arabic?, Picture of Bank building

Kiangsu Provincial Bank
1936 $1600 Check
Front Value & Bank Seal
Ok not quite a bank note but still related LOL

Kwangtung Provincial Bank
$5 1931
Red
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen, O/P Local Currency & Chinese writting
Rev Value in English, Pagoda in center

Central Reserve Bank of China
Japanese Puppet Bank
1940 $10
Blue/Cream
Governor F H Chow
Vice Governor T K Chin
Front Value in Chinese, Portrait of Sun Yat-sen
Rev Value in English, Temple on top of Hill in countryside

Amoy Industrial Bank
10 Cents (1 Jiao)1940
Japanese Puppet Bank
Green
Front Value in English & Chinese
Rev Tenple, Chinese writting
PS1657

Chihli-Shantung-Honan-Shensi
1927 $5
Purple/Blue
Front Chinese writting
Rev Value in English & Chinese writting

Federal Reserve Bank of China
$100 1940?
(Issued for for the puppet government in Beijing by the Japanese).
Brown/Orange
Front Pagoda on hillside, Oriental man
Rev Value in Chinese & English

Mongkow Bonds
$5
Blue/Red/Black
Front Chinese writting
Rev Chinese writting
I know nothing about it at al

Three more additions to the China collection arrived today and I am very happy with them all

Central Bank China
1931 10c
Green
Front Temple & Value in Chinese
Rev Value in English
P202

Kwangtung Provincial Bank
1934 10c
Red
Front River scene
Rev Value in English
S2431


Central Reserve Bank of China
1941 50f
Green/Blue/Yellow/Red
Front Dragon, Oriental Man, Dragon
Rev Building
Watermark Oriental Man
J141

To view as normal just click on the link in my sig

Great collection of notes. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Art for your kind comments appreciated, well today brought a bit of a mixed bag so to speak but here are the two Chinese notes I got LOL

Shantung private bank
30c 1938
Blue/Red
Front Value in Chinese Temple scene
Rev Value in English & Chinese

Meng Chiang Bank. (Inner Mongolian Japanese Puppet Bank)
10c
Red/Black/Blue
Front Camels
Rev Fancy cachet & value in Chinese

Dont know a lot about them as yet but will learn more LOL