China banknotes $100 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)
The Blue Sky with a White Sun serves as the design for the party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (KMT), the canton of the flag of the Republic of China, the national emblem of the Republic of China (ROC), and as the naval jack of the ROC Navy.
In the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" symbol, the twelve rays of the white Sun representing the twelve months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (shÃchen), each of which corresponds to two modern hours and symbolizes the spirit of progress.
The Flag of the Republic of China is red with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with twelve triangular rays. In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth to reflect its attributes.
It was first used in mainland China by the Kuomintang (KMT, the Chinese Nationalist Party) in 1917 and was made the official flag of the Republic of China in 1928. It was enshrined in the 6th article of the Constitution of the Republic of China when it was promulgated in 1947. Since 1949, the flag is mostly used within Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other outlying islands where the Republic of China relocated after having lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communists.