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1 Yuan

Issuer People's Bank of China
Year 1953
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Currency Second Rénmínbì (1955-date)
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Obverse description The central vignette presents Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) set within a fine guilloche underprint in red-brown tones. The bank title 中國人民銀行 runs across the top, with the denomination 壹圓 repeated at left and right flanking the central vignette. Two serial number sets appear at the lower portion, with the issue year 一九五三年 printed along the bottom margin.
Obverse lettering 中國人民銀行 壹圓 壹圓 一九五三年
(Translation: People's Bank of China, One Yuan, Year 1953)
Reverse description The National Emblem of the People's Republic of China — Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars within a circular frame — occupies the centre of an ornate guilloche cartouche printed in deep rose-red. The numeral "1" appears in large format at both the left and right margins, while the bank name and denomination are rendered in four scripts surrounding the emblem: Chinese at the top, Uyghur in Arabic script at the lower left, Tibetan at the upper right, and Mongolian at the lower centre. The year "1953" is set within a rectangular panel along the bottom.
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