10 Yuan / Dollars Central Bank of China

The Central Bank of China was only formally reconstituted under Nationalist (Kuomintang) government authority in November 1928, making this one of the earliest issues from the reorganized institution. The note predates the Nanjing decade's relative monetary stability and was printed before the bank had fully consolidated control over China's fractured currency system — rival provincial banks and foreign-chartered institutions were still issuing competing paper across major commercial centers.

American Bank Note Company had a long-standing relationship with Chinese issuing authorities, and the New York production meant finished notes had to be shipped across the Pacific before entering circulation — a logistics chain that occasionally created supply gaps during periods of political disruption.