Lot 3087
Sale 95 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The Robb Family Collection
Description
Chinese Government, 5% Reorganisation Gold Loan of 1913, brown certificate number 209454, issued by Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, in modern timber frame with glass on both sides (465mm x 350mm), interest coupons visible at back. Initials U/D at top edge otherwise extremely fine.
This loan was issued by four banks, German-Asiatic Bank, French Society of G?rance Bank, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the Russo-Asiatic Bank, each of which received 6% commission. Of the estimated ?21 million raised, approximately ?14 million disappeared. The original certificates were brown, replaced later by green after the collapse of the Russo-Asiatic Bank.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Passed in