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[[Obverse Text]]
貳角 / 0036827 / 行銀通交  / 0036827 / 貳角 / 中華民國六年 / 當地通用小銀元 / 貳角 / 票失掛不付即票馬 / 貳角 / 春長 / 貳角 / 东局刷印部政財 / 貳角

[[Obverse Image]]
Engraving of a village in the background, stone walkway on one side, people walking on shore on one side, water in middle. Ships with masts but no sails (about five or six) in mid-background, two people on rowboat with no mast on right side, three empty rowboats in foreground.

[[Reverse Text]]
20 CENTS / BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS / 20 CENTS  / 20 CENTS / PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE LOCAL CURRENCY VALUE RECEIVED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. / 20 CENTS / CHANGCHUN / 20 CENTS / AUG 1ST 1917. / 20 CENTS / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING PEKING CHINA / 74.17,191

Transcription Notes:
[[image:engraving of a village in the background, stone walkway on one side, people walking on shore on one side, water in middle. Ships with masts but no sails (about five or six) in mid-background, two people on rowboat with no mast on right side, three empty rowboats in foreground.]] I don't have a special keyboard to transcribe Chinese, so I drew them in Google Translate and matched them by sight instead. Because of this, the characters may not be completely right. Changchun is written right to left on the Chinese side, I believe?