John Malcolm Coll. - Military Related Paper Money and
Lot 3693 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday 2nd April) John Malcolm Coll. - Military Related Paper Money and C
Estimate $500
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SOLD $250
ROYAL NAVY CANTEEN, Wei-Hai-Wei, twenty cents Big Money note, stamped with serial no.08022, front overstamped with two stamps of the Royal Navy fouled anchor symbol, Chinese inscription and motifs on the back. Piece missing from bottom right corner, damage to right edge, very good and very rare.
Wei-Hai-Wei is a seaport in Shantung Province of northeast China. After the Chinese fleet was destroyed here by the Japanese in 1895 the port was occupied by Japan and in 1895 leased to Great Britain and used as a naval base. It was returned to China in 1930.
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