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1 Yuan / Dollar Canton
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Printer | Zhonghua Book (中華書局有限公司, Chunghwa Book Co), Beijing, China (1912-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 券元銀 圓壹 廣 州 元銀換兌票憑 年八十三國民華中 司公限有份股局書華中 (Translation: The Central Bank of China Silver Yuan Note One Yuan Guangzhou Exchange for 1 Silver Yuan 38th year of the Republic of China Chung Hwa Book Co. Ltd.) |
| Reverse description | A circular central vignette displays a Chinese silver junk under sail on open water, rendered in intaglio within an ornate scrollwork surround. Symmetrical guilloche panels at left and right each bear the inscription ONE SILVER DOLLAR within decorative frames. The place name CANTON appears twice in the lower field flanking the central vignette, with the date 1949 below centre and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE SILVER DOLLAR CANTON 1949 CHUNG HWA BOOK CO. LTD. |
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