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10 Yuan Central Bank of China
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1912-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of a pai-lou (traditional Chinese ceremonial gate) set among trees occupies the right portion of the note, printed in red-brown on an intricate guilloche underprint. The large Chinese characters 拾圓 (Ten Yuan) appear in the left field within an ornate frame, with the bank title 中央銀行 across the top. Serial numbers are printed in red at upper left and upper right, and the date inscription appears along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 圓拾 印年一十三國民華中 (Translation: Central Bank of China Ten Yuan Printed in the 31st year of the Republic of China) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in orange-red and centres on a large numeral 10 within an elaborate guilloche medallion, flanked by the denomination numerals 10 at left and right within rosette cartouches. The English bank title runs across the top in a decorative panel, with TEN YUAN in a banner below the central vignette. Two manuscript signatures and the date 1942 appear in the lower portion above a fine guilloche border. |
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