Trains and ships on banknotes

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Trains and ships on banknotes

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Banknotes featuring trains.
I think trains and ships always look good on banknotes.

Guatemala 5 Pesos 1905
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Bank of Communications-Shanghai.
Featuring trains and ships.

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50 and 100

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Bank of Communications 10 cent note 1927.
A different train by the looks of it.

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A Mexican train on this one,

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Mexico 20 Pesos 1914
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Here is another attractive Brazillian note, featuring sailing ships in harbour.
Its design is somewhat reminiscent of Irish notes printed by Perkins Bacon in the same era.

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A Canadian note this time.

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Royal Bank of Canada 10 Dollars 1913 features a capital ship-sized naval vessel, the Dreadnought HMS Bellerophon.
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Another Canadian note, from PEI this time, features an attractive engraving of a paddle steamer.

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Summerside Bank 5 Dollars, Prince Edward Island, CA.
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Here is a favourite of mine. The 1918 $2 battleship note.
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Here's a nice Hong Kong note with a sort-of ship on the reverse.

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Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, 5 Dollars 1948.
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And a Chinese note depicting a cruiser class vessel by the looks of it.

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Some of the French colonial banknotes are very attractive.
this 5 Franc note is from St Pierre et Miquelon, a French overseas territory near Canada.

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Mexico 1 Peso from 1913 with a nice engraving of a stem locomotive on it.
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A pair of US 'Railroad company' notes, featuring (surprisingly) trains!

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A nice country scene on this one.

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Royal Bank of Canada 20 Dollar note, dated 2 January 1913, features a steam locomotive.
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Here is an attractive Chinese bank note featuring a ship and a train.
I have not been able to identify the note beyond its being of Chinese origin.

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EDIT:
After a reverse image search on the web, I managed to identify the note as being a Bank of Communications 10 dollar note dated 1 September 1912, and located an image of the obverse, which happens to be of the same note!
This may well be quite a rarity.

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Bank of Toronto 20 Dollar bill from 1935 features an old style steam locomotive.
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A very nicely engraved ship scene on this note.

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And on this one.
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