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10 Yuan / Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green intaglio, the reverse is centred on a detailed architectural vignette of a Chinese government building flanked by large trees lining a broad avenue. THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA arches across the top, with TEN YUAN and NATIONAL CURRENCY positioned below the central scene; the date 1936 appears at the bottom centre, flanked by two manuscript signatures over their respective titles, with an oval blank space in the lower-left field. The printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON runs along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA TEN YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY 1936 ASST. GENERAL MANAGER THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON |
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The 1936 Central Bank of China series was issued during the brief window of relative monetary stability following the 1935 fabi currency reform, which replaced the silver standard with a managed paper currency. That reform was itself a response to U.S. silver purchasing policy under the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, which had drained China's silver reserves so severely that the financial system was approaching collapse.
De La Rue's London production meant the bulk of the printing stock was stranded abroad when the Pacific war escalated — a recurring logistical problem for Nationalist-era notes that complicates survival rates across the entire fabi series.