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5 Yuan Second Nationalist Government Lottery Loan

5 Yuan (Second Nationalist Government Lottery Loan) - obverse5 Yuan (Second Nationalist Government Lottery Loan) - reverse

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Features

Location Republic of China
Period Republic (1912-1949)
Type Promissory notes
Year 15 (1926)
Calendar Chinese republican
Value 5 Yuan = 5 Dollars
Currency Yuan (1912-1948)
Composition Paper
Size 187 × 128 mm
Shape Rectangular
Issued 1 May 1926
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
564704
References PCGS# 1149249
PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

Obverse

Brown border with a picture of a building on the top left, portrait of Dr Sun Yat-sen in the middle, and a picture of factories on the top right

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
五圓 倩公獎角部政財府政民國 圓五
 行發日一月五年五十國民華中
 五圓
條例摘要
一 有奬公倩為國民政府改進國民經濟及興(?)造幣(?)士敏土厰製革厰及其他應行興辦實業而發行定額伍百萬元。
二 有奬公倩以國家收入橃交中央銀行為逯本合奬之檐保并由中央銀行負完全責任。
三 有奬公倩分三期還本每十個月為一期每月還本百分之二第二期每月遂本百分之三第三期每月還本百分之五至第三十個月全數還清。每屆送本完每月五日抽鈑十日逯本發獎抽籖後於逯本票中再行閑獎由財政部執行其還本發獎事宜由財政部委託中央銀行及殷實商號支付。中籖倩要如逾期三個月不領欸即作無效。
四 有獎公倩利息定每月伍萬元全數(?)充獎金計一等獎一張給獎金式萬元二等奬二張各給奬金式千元三等奬四張各給奬金伍佰元四等奬十張各給奬壹百元五等奬二十張各給獎金伍拾元六等獎五十張各給奬金拾元七等奬壹百張各絡獎金伍元八等奬三百張各給奬金式元九等獎六百張各給獎金壹元十等獎除前列九等奬外其餘每次中籖之情票均名給奬金伍亳。
五 有獎公情募集之欸政府用以興辦第一條列舉事業所得溢利提二成充作特別獎金由則政部臨時規定分配之
六 有獎公情為無記名式得自由買賣𢫨押並得作公務上保證金及準備金。
七 有獎公情為政府發行之有價詮劵倘有塗改偽造損毀信用之行為按照刑律治罪
國民政府委員主席 汪兆鉻
國民政府財政部長 宗古文
五圓 五圓

Reverse

Blue border with cool yellow interior

Script: Latin

Lettering:
 Nationalist Government Lottery Loan 
 of the
Fifteenth Year of the Republic of China, being the year 1926
Bond for Five Dollars, Canton Currency,
 The Regulations of the Lottery Loan for financing the operations of the Government Mint, Cement Works, and Tannery and other industrial enterprise were sanctioned by the Nationalist Government Mandate of the 26th January 1926. A summery of the said Regulations appears below. -
Amount issued:- $5,000,000.
Denominations:- $5
Security:- The loan is secured on the revenue of the Nationalist Government, the Central Bank of China, which is the Government Depositary, unconditionally guarantees the payment of Repayment:- The loan is repaid in thirty monthly instalments as follows.-
1st to 10th month 2% of the bonds are drawn each month.
11th , 20th .. 3% ..
21st , 30th ..5%..
 Public drawings for repayment of principal are held on the 5th day of each month, at the General Chamber of Commerce, Canton, and directly after the winning numbers are drawn, a second will be made from the paid winning numbers for the awarding prizes.
 The following prizes will be drawn each month:-
1 First Price...$20,000-
2 Second Prices...$4,000-
4 Third.. ..$500...$2,000-
10 Forth.. ..$100...$1,000-
20 Fifth.. ..$50...$1,000-
50 Sixth.. ..$10...$500-
100 Seventh.. ..$5...$500-
300 Eighth.. ..$2...$600-
600 Ninth.. ..$1...$600-
 All bonds which have been drawn for repayment of principal, but which failed to qualify for any of the above-mentioned prizes at the second drawing, will receive 50 cents each, in addition to the repayment of principal.
 Drawn Bonds should be presented to the Central Bank of China, Canton, for repayment of principal and payment of prizes five days after the drawing, and not later than three months thereafter.
Contingent Prizes:- 20% of the net profits of the industrial enterprises financed by the loan will be set aside to increase the amount of the prizes. Distributions of these profits will be made according to the regulations. to be promulgated by the Nationalist Government.
 Uses of Bonds- The Bonds are transferable, and may be bought, sold, or mortgaged, or used as security or reserve fund for public transactions.
Dated the 1st day of the 5th Month of the 15th Year of the Republic of China, being the 1st of May, 1926.
Wang Ching Wai
Chairman of the Nationalist Government
Tse Vung Soong
Minister of Finance

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
15-May-01 (1926)  Signatures: Wang Ching-wai & T.V. Soong

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