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Chinese Bureau of Engraving & Printing, ND (ca.1913-20) Back Printer's Design Proof.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:230.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Chinese Bureau of Engraving & Printing, ND (ca.1913-20) Back Printer's Design Proof.
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China. ND. Various Denominations (1 Unit), P-Unlisted, Back Printer's Design, Red, PMG graded Uncirculated 62 with comment "Ink." Printer: CBEP. In the early 1900s, the Qing government decided to print its currency and postage stamps in China. Dr. Chen Jintao, the Yale-educated vice president of the Board of Finance, recommended building a security printing plant on the American model, using U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing methods to thwart counterfeiters. Chen hired Washington architects Milburn, Heister & Company to design the eleven-building plant in Beijing. The Chinese Bureau of Engraving and Printing first printed currency at the complex in 1913 and still does so today. The Qing government also hired two American engravers to establish a Chinese Bureau of Engraving and Printing so that China could produce its own stamps and currency. Lorenzo J. Hatch and William A. Grant moved to Beijing with their families in 1908. Working through plague and revolution, they started the bureau, trained Chinese staff, and designed early Republic of China stamps. This Back design could very well be the work of these 2 Americans. Rare if not unique early Chinese Banknotes production design essay.