World Banknotes A-J
Lot 2495 Session 8 (2.30pm Wednesday) World Banknotes A-J
Estimate $1,000
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CHINA, Qing (Ching) Dynasty, Hsien Feng (Xian Feng), (1851-1861), blue and red seals paper note for fifty taels, an issue reading at the top 'Hu Bu Guan Piao' in Manchu and Han languages, states in the middle its equivalence of one tael of pure silver at two tael parity, it states at the lower part 'Official note issued by the Ministry of Interior and Finance on authorization...' note overprinted in black ink both sides, size 181x310mm, issued by Board of Revenue, from 1853-1856, dated 1853, (P.A13a, S/M H176-5, cf.Editorial Board of 'A History of Chinese Currency p.53 type illustrated). Very fine and very rare.
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