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1 - Teller Practice Banknote Bank of China
| Issuer | Bank of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of Beijing West Railway Station at right, rendered in brown intaglio-style engraving on a light ground. An orange guilloche rosette underprint occupies the left-centre field, overlaid by the large Chinese legend 练功券. The Bank of China circular logo appears at upper left alongside the bilingual issuer title. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an aerial panoramic view of the Great Wall of China winding across mountainous terrain, executed in brown line-engraving on a plain ground. Denomination numeral "1" appears in guilloche cartouches at upper left and upper right. The legends 练功 and 专用 flank the central vignette vertically on left and right respectively. |
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Bank of China produced these teller training notes in 1997 ahead of the Hong Kong handover, equipping branch staff to handle the new Hong Kong-issue series without putting live currency at risk during drills. They circulated only within bank training rooms and were meant to be destroyed afterward — which is precisely why they surface so rarely in collector hands today.