We now have the first prices realized dataset for the immense Stack's Bowers Global Showcase auction, and it reveals a market that is moving in two directions at the same time.
Chinese Engineering & Mining Co. Currency & Banknote Values
Banknote Book® Price Guide
The Chinese Engineering & Mining Co. series of China Foreign Banks in the World Currency contains 4 distinct entries.
The Chinese Engineering & Mining Company (CEM) was founded in 1879 to mine coal for Chinese steamships. The first shaft was sunk at Tongshan (Tangshan) in modern Hebei province, whose name appears on all notes. CEM was listed as a public company in London in 1912. Its activities were halted after the Communist Revolution of 1949 and the company dissolved in 1984.
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Asiatic Banking Corporation (亜西亜國銀行)
Agra & United Service Bank (呵加剌滙理銀行)
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China (印度倫敦中國三越匯理銀行)
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China (銀行理滙國中山金新度印)
Oriental Bank Corporation (東藩匯理銀行)
Agra & Masterman’s Bank (呵加剌匯理銀行)
Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris (上海法蘭西銀行)
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (銀行理滙海上港香)
Banque de l’Indo-Chine
National Bank of China (Shanghai)
Russo-Chinese Bank
Russo-Asiatic Bank
Banque Sino-Belge
Banque Belge Pour l’Etranger
Yokohama Specie Bank
Chinese Engineering & Mining Co.
International Banking Corporation
Asia Banking Corporation
Bank of Taiwan
Deutsch-Asiatische Bank
Netherlands Trading Society
British & Belgian Industrial Bank of China
Banque Industrielle de Chine
Mercantile Bank of India
Bank of Canton
American-Oriental Banking Corporation
American-Oriental Bank of Szechuan
American-Oriental Bank of Fukien
Exchange Bank of China
Chinese-American Bank of Commerce
Chinese Italian Banking Corporation
Industrial and Commercial Bank
Park-Union Foreign Banking Corporation
China Specie Bank
Sino-Scandinavian Bank
Credit Commercial Sino-Français
Bank of East Asia
National Commercial and Savings Bank
Asiatic Commercial Bank
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Greysheet News
Stack's Bowers Galleries' Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction Realizes Over $70 Million
Results Set Record for the Firm's Highest Grossing Auction Sale in its 90+ Year History.
10/7/2026
The Business of Numismatics: October 2026 Greysheet Editor's Letter
While reviewing the initial results in various categories of recent auctions, my initial take is that the sales were moderate to strong.
10/6/2026
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