民国中央银行贰圆。正反档案图片。两张。 (t) CHINA--REPUBLIC. Lot of (2). Central Bank of China. 2 Yuan, ND. P-Unlisted. Front & Back Archival Photograph. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. 一对TDLR单面档案照片，应是1940年代初期贰圆钞票的落选设计。孙中山像居左，签名位于中央左右，反面外框华丽，国民党徽位于上方中央，战机与坦克插图。2314977010被PMG备注“轻微有渍”。TDLR于1943年设计新系列钞票。当时惯例为先制作手绘试印图稿并黏贴于卡板上，然后拍照存档。本拍品就是其中范例。正面原始设计应是中山陵，反面则是抗日战争场景。然而，伪政府扶持的中央储备银行曾发行以中山陵图景为反面设计的钞票。为避免混淆，中央银行将正面设计改为孙中山像，但保留背面的抗战场景。最终採纳的设计却是连反面设计都被替换成简洁网纹环绕面值。此组以及其他面值的存档照片是相关设计曾经存在的唯一凭证，描绘出中华民族在1940年代初期经历的艰辛。此批照片与应是手绘的试印图稿本存放于外滩的汇丰银行大楼内，但1949年中华人民共和国成立后，档案资料四散。(t)On September 1, 2019, the United States enacted new tariffs on collectors items of Chinese origin, including bullion and numismatic coins and banknotes. This lot was manufactured in China and was sourced from outside the United States for this auction after the tariffs were enacted. Accordingly, any client who wishes to take delivery of this item within the United States will be subject to a 7.5% import tariff plus a processing fee of 0.3464% (minimum $31.67 / maximum $614.35). <em>Please note, this is not, and is not intended to be, a complete description of the applicable import tariffs and buyer remains fully liable for and agrees to promptly pay all tariffs and fees relating to the import of these items into the United States and neither the auctioneer nor any consignor will have any responsibility to pay any applicable tariffs or fees. Please consult your tax adviser with any questions.</em><em>Furthermore, any lots subject to an import tariff will be shipped directly from our Hong Kong offices and shipments to the United States will be subject to our international shipping chart.</em> A uniface pair of archival photos from TDLR of an unadopted design for 2 Yuan, likely from the early 1940s. Dr. Sun Yat Sen at left, signatures at centre left and right, the reverse with an ornate frame with the Kuomintang emblem at upper centre, vignette of anti aircraft artillery. PMG Comments on Certification #2314977010 Minor Stains.TDLR designed a new series of banknotes in 1943. As was common practice at the time, hand painted models were made, mounted on card, and subsequently imaged for records. This is one such example. The original design on the obverse was believed to be the Sun Yat Sen Mausoleum and the reverse various scenes from the Sino-Japanese War. However, the Central Reserve Bank of China, a Japanese Puppet Bank, also issued notes showing the Sun Yat Sen Mausoleum on the reverse and in order to avoid confusion, the Central Bank changed the obverse design to only show a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat Sen but kept the war scenes on the reverse. Ultimately, even the reverse design was changed to a simple geometric guilloche stating the denomination. This pair of photographs, along with those for other denominations, are now the only evidence that these designs existed and illustrates the hardships the Chinese nation endured in the early 1940s. These photos and presumably the hand painted models were originally stored at the HSBC Building on The Bund but the archives were dispersed after the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949.
