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100 000 Yuan

Issuer Central Bank of China
Year 1949
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Value 100 000 Yuan (100 000)
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Obverse description Portrait vignette of Chiang Kai-shek in military uniform at right, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint. The central panel carries a large denomination numeral within an elaborate floral rosette with red overprint, flanked by ornamental scrollwork borders. The issuer's name in Chinese characters appears across the top, with serial number printed in red.
Obverse lettering 行銀央中 券圓金 圓萬拾
(Translation: Central Bank of China Gold Yuan note One Hundred Thousand Yuan)
Reverse description Central vignette of the municipal government building in Nanking rendered in fine line engraving, set within a decorative frame. Two large guilloche medallions bearing the numeral "100000" flank the central architectural vignette at left and right. The year "1949" appears in a panel below the building, with the denomination legend in English across the lower register, and two facsimile signatures of the General Manager and Governor positioned beneath the central vignette.
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