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1 Yuan Bank of Communications
| Issuer | Bank of Communications |
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| Year | 1931 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1912-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on a cream ground, the central vignette presents a steam locomotive hauling passenger carriages, set within an ornate scrollwork frame. To the left, a large guilloche rosette carries the Chinese denomination characters 壹圓, while the four corners bear the character 壹 repeated as corner numerals. The lower panel contains the Ministry of Finance approval legend and the date inscription in Chinese, with the printer's imprint of De La Rue along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 交通銀行 上海 壹圓 財政部核定 憑票即付中華民國國幣壹元 中華民國二十年印 德納羅印鈔公司 (Translation: Bank of Communications 1 Yuan (1 Dollar) Approved by the Ministry of Finance Pay for national currency of the Republic of China 1 yuan by note Printed in the 20th year of the Republic of China Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited London) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red, the central vignette presents a waterside scene with traditional Chinese houses and a multi-storey pagoda reflected in calm water, framed by an ornate architectural portico with scrolled columns. To the left is a large plain guilloche oval reserved for the watermark, while to the right a guilloche rosette carries the numeral 1. The denomination ONE YUAN appears in a solid panel below the vignette, with the place name SHANGHAI and the date JANUARY 1ST 1931 in successive lines beneath, and the printer's imprint along the bottom margin. |
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