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10 Fen / Cents
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Currency | Customs Gold Unit (1930-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sun Yat-sen in an oval vignette at centre, set within an ornate intaglio-printed frame with guilloche borders and corner rosettes bearing the denomination 拾分 in Chinese characters. Two red seal stamps appear below the portrait flanking a central guilloche medallion inscribed 拾關金分, with the serial number printed in red above and below. The issuer name 中央銀行 and place name 上海 appear in Chinese at top centre. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Central Bank of China headquarters building in Shanghai, a multi-storey neoclassical structure with a prominent clock tower, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The bank's name THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA appears in a panel above the building vignette, with the denomination 10 CENTS CUSTOMS GOLD UNIT displayed on a tablet below. The serial number appears in red at top and bottom, with signature lines for General Manager and Assistant Manager at lower centre above the Shanghai 1930 date inscription. |
| Reverse lettering | The Central Bank of China Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here Ten Cents Customs Gold Units Shanghai, 1930 American Bank Note Company |
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