China banknotes $10 Dollars Gold note (1896) c.1910s-20s The Chung Hwa Republic, issued in USA by Sun Yat-Sen
This was a pre-republic issue of Sun Yat-sen issued to raise money for the revolutionary cause. The notes have printed signatures of Sun Yat-Sen and Li Kung-Hsia, the latter as Treasurer of the Chinese Revolutionary Army Commissary Bureau. Many of these were distributed in Vancouver, San Francisco, and Hawaii. The Republic of China was once known as the Chung Hwa Republic.
Obverse: Blue Sky with a White Sun Flag (The "Blue Sky with a White Sun flag" was designed by Lu Haodong in 1895 and is still used as the naval jack of the Republic as well as the flag of the Kuomintang (KMT))
Reverse: Flag of the Republic of China (Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth)