CHINA'S BANK NOTES.
Two British printers of hank notes are now carrying out contracts, {riven to them by the Government Central Bank of China, for printing 1.000.000.000 notes; neither the exact total nor the value of the notes can l>e divulged. Four hundred extra hands have been engaged to cope with one of the contracts, which will take a further year to complete; the other has already been completed. The original plates are to he kept in Great Britain and the notes themselves "will go to China hy various routes. There are but few bank note printers, other than Government factories, in the world, and other orders for bank notes are now toeing carried through in England, for Costa Rica, Salvador, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Persia, Siam and Switzerland.
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Auckland Star, 4 September 1939, Page 6
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128CHINA'S BANK NOTES. Auckland Star, 4 September 1939, Page 6
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