Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . I02. New Chinese silver and copper coins: (a) JCiiiiitfifinii-i/uaiiiino (^^fTcW) ^ silvercoin minted by tiie Government-General of the Three Eastern Provinces; (b iJi,„i„!/l,sii;,„no (^jlfiTt^). half the Value of (a), minted by the ProvincialGovernment of Kirin (fi-t^l ; (c) T,it,hi„<,-tu,i<, ( icVrafflSlKt?). copper coin worth20 cash minted by the Chinese Government in 1909; (d) JyiKiiit/li^iii/ituniMin[Iti^TlM) copper coin worth lO cash, minted by the Provincial Governmentof Kirin trjiW;) ; (e) Silver coin worth I nmni i7Cl minted in I9I4. bearing t
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . I02. New Chinese silver and copper coins: (a) JCiiiiitfifinii-i/uaiiiino (^^fTcW) ^ silvercoin minted by tiie Government-General of the Three Eastern Provinces; (b iJi,„i„!/l,sii;,„no (^jlfiTt^). half the Value of (a), minted by the ProvincialGovernment of Kirin (fi-t^l ; (c) T,it,hi„<,-tu,i<, ( icVrafflSlKt?). copper coin worth20 cash minted by the Chinese Government in 1909; (d) JyiKiiit/li^iii/ituniMin[Iti^TlM) copper coin worth lO cash, minted by the Provincial Governmentof Kirin trjiW;) ; (e) Silver coin worth I nmni i7Cl minted in I9I4. bearing thehead of President Yuan iShihkai .giltaH) on the reverse side; (f) the samecoin worth 1 2 ./< (tc) ; (2) the same coin worth 1 5 i/uiii (71:); Jh) the samecoin worth lO ./ 1,7c); (i) Copper coin worth ,100 //<(%) minted incommemoration of the establishment of .the Republic of China ; (j) Coppercoin worth the same as (i) minted in 191b. — aaa —. 103. Sycee. soundest moneyin Alfinolniria isspeedily niakinj^its way into therest of the coini-try, and even intoMonj^olia. In thenorth, whereRussian influenceis predominant,the rouljle is cur-rent, though inthe matter ofhanking Jipfi-s^nese play an im-j^ortant part, theleading bank lac-ing also the Bankof Chosen. Next to the 104 Bank of Chosen the YokohamaSi)eeie Bank is the most impor-tant institution, followed bv theShoryu Bank (JFltM^f) which,though very small in comjjarisonwith the other two, its capitalbeing only Yen 3,(){)0,0()(), isactively engaged in local ])usi-ness. Besides these and otherJapanese banks there are manjChinese banks. Some of themare Government banks, some arejoint undertakings by the Gov-ernment and people, and someare purely private of the three provinces hasa provincial bank. These bankshandle State money and are en-dowed with the privilege of note-issue. The old-style native banks,such as Chintien (fe/S)- Yin-chuang (^^), Chienchuang (^^)
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