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| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 10 Yuan (10元, 拾圓) |
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| Obverse description | High-relief bust of the celebrated Chinese ink-wash master Qi Baishi (齐白石) facing slightly left, rendered in a portrait style faithful to traditional Chinese artistic convention, depicting the elderly painter wearing round spectacles with a long flowing white beard. A vertical Chinese legend to the left of the portrait reads 中国画大师齐白石 (Great Master of Chinese Painting Qi Baishi) with his life dates 一八六四—一九五七 (1864–1957). Along the lower exergue, the legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) is inscribed in bold characters, with the date 1997 beneath. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
| Reverse lettering | 10 元 虾 八十七岁白石 |
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