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10 Yuan / Dollars Chungking
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Printer | Central Bank of China Printing Works |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sun Yat-sen within an oval vignette at right, set against an elaborate guilloche underprint in red. The large denomination numerals 拾圓 occupy the centre of the note, flanked by ornamental floral corner devices and the prefix and serial numbers in red at upper left and right. The issuer's name and series inscriptions appear in Chinese characters across the upper and lower registers. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 券元銀 圓拾 重 慶 年八十三國民華中 (Translation: Central Bank of China Silver Yuan Note Ten Yuan Chongqing Year 38 of the Chinese Republic) |
| Reverse description | Central circular vignette of a Chinese junk under sail, rendered in red intaglio, surrounded by intricate guilloche lacework. The denomination "TEN SILVER DOLLARS" appears in large block lettering to the left, with the numeral "10" to the right, both framed by ornate scrollwork borders. The issuer's name in English runs along the top panel, with "CHUNGKING" repeated at lower left and right. |
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