A127 |
CHINA - Republic - Chinese Banks |
Value |
5 Yuan |
Issued by |
China and South Sea Bank |
Date |
1927 |
Printer |
American Bank Note Company, New York |
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Sundial in the Forbidden City of Peking |
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A127b(1) |
red color on front; blue color on back |
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A127b(2) |
purple color on front and back* |
A127a |
place of issue: HANKOW |
A127c |
place of issue: TIENTSIN |
Sundial in the Forbidden
City of Peking; it is many centuries old and was the most important clock in
China in the 18th century.
In these days China had another system of measuring the time. A day was dividewd
into 12 "Shi".
Later, after the Europeans introduced the day of 24 hours, an hour of 60 minutes
was called "xiao shi" (small shi).
Still today the Chinese word for "hour" is "xiaoshi"
The clock is made of marble and the rod is made of copper.
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