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100 Yuan Bank of Central China

Issuer Bank of Central China (中華中銀行)
Year 1945
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description Brown intaglio print on plain paper. A portrait vignette of Mao Tse-tung is positioned at right within a fine-line engraved frame. The denomination 壹百圓 appears in large Chinese characters at centre within an ornate arch-shaped underprint, flanked by corner panels bearing the denomination in Chinese. The bank title 華中銀行 runs along the top, with the date inscription 中華民國三十四年 below the central vignette area alongside the serial number.
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Reverse description Brown letterpress print. The central motif is a guilloche rosette bearing the numeral 100 in bold figures, enclosed within an ornate lozenge-shaped border. To the right, a detailed landscape vignette renders a hilltop tower and temple complex above a stone bridge, executed in fine engraved style. The date 1945 appears in a cartouche below the central rosette, with repeating 100 numerals forming a decorative band along the upper and lower borders.
Reverse lettering 100
1945
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