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10 000 Yuan Central Bank of China
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Size | 152 x 67 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an elaborate symmetrical guilloche design in olive-green, composed of interlocking rosette and lace-work patterns across the entire field. The denomination 壹萬圓 is rendered in bold Chinese characters at centre, flanked on each side by the numeral 10000. Two manuscript signature columns appear at left and right within the guilloche border, one bearing the title 副局長 and one 局長. |
| Reverse lettering | 壹萬圓 10000 局長 梁平 副局長 陳定祁 (Translation: Ten Thousand Yuan / Director General: Liang Ping / Deputy Director General: Chen Dingqi) |
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By 1947, the Central Bank of China was printing in denominations that would have been unthinkable five years earlier. Wartime Japanese occupation had fractured the economy, and the resumed civil war between Nationalist and Communist forces made recovery impossible. The 10,000 Yuan note was not a high-denomination curiosity — it was a practical necessity for everyday transactions, an indication of how badly the fabi had collapsed in purchasing power.
Liang Ping served as Governor; Chen Dingqi as Vice-Governor. The pairing on this series was consistent through the late Nationalist inflationary issues before the Gold Yuan reform of 1948 swept the entire fabi series into obsolescence.