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banknote
Object Type
banknote
Museum number
1984,0605.8455
Description
Banknote. Printed specimen.
Producer name
Printed by:
Shen Chang 申昌
Calligrapher:
Yue hu diao tu 越湖釣徒
Authority
Issuer:
Yuan Zeng Tong ji 元增同記
Production date
1900
(circa)
Production place
Printed in:
Shanghai (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
printed
Dimensions
Length:
178 millimetres
Width:
113 millimetres
Curator's comments
Yuehu diaotu is still to be identified, but possibly refers to Yuehu, an area in Suzhou. Perhaps diaotu is a reference to the 烟波钓徒 (yan bo diao tu), "the Old Fisherman of the Mists and Waters", which is how the Tang dynasty poet Zhang Zhihe 張志和 referred to himself - he is said to have fished without using bait, with the aim of not catching any fish.
Bibliographic references
Wang 1995 / Late Qing paper money from Dianshizhai and other printing houses in Shanghai, 1905-1912
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William L S Barrett
Acquisition date
1984
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1984,0605.8455