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5 Yuan
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue on a cream ground, with an intricate guilloche border and corner ornaments bearing the numeral 5. A central vignette enclosed in an oval frame presents a view of the Dai Temple (Daimiao) in Shantung, flanked by dense guilloche underprint work. Chinese and English bank inscriptions appear in the upper and lower panels, with the denomination rendered in both Chinese characters and Western numerals. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in blue intaglio on a cream ground, framed by an elaborate scalloped guilloche border with numeral 5 repeated in each corner. To the right, an oval vignette presents the Heavenly Southern Gate (Nan Tianmen) in Shantung, rendered in fine engraved line work against a stone-wall foreground. The large numeral 5 occupies the central panel over a dense guilloche underprint, with the bank name, denomination, and date inscribed in the upper and lower cartouches respectively, and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Bank of China 5 Five Yuan 1941 The Commercial Press, LTD |
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