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1 Yuan Bank of Pei Hai
| Issuer | Bank of Pei Hai (北海银行) |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a horse-drawn plough working a field, with a hillside landscape and trees in the background, all rendered in an olive-green intaglio style. The bank title 北海银行 (Bank of Pei Hai) is inscribed in large Chinese characters across the top, with the denomination 壹圓 (One Yuan) in seal script flanking the vignette on both sides. Serial numbers appear in red at upper left and upper right, with the date 民国三十四年 (Republic Year 34, i.e. 1945) printed at the lower centre, and the regional overprint 膠東 (Jiaodong) within an oval cartouche at the top of the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 北海银行 壹圓 膠東 民国三十四年 民 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-yellow tones and centred on a large oval guilloche medallion bearing the English denomination inscription ONE YUAN, flanked by numeral 1 roundels on each side. A decorative floral and scroll underprint fills the background within an elaborate foliate border, with the year 1945 printed at the lower centre beneath the medallion. |
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