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1000 Customs Gold Units
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Size | 75 x 182 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sun Yat-sen in an oval vignette at centre, surrounded by intricate guilloche work, with the denomination 壹仟 repeated in the four corners. Two red seal impressions appear at the lower centre, and the issuer name 中央銀行 is inscribed across the top in Chinese characters. The note is oriented vertically and printed in brown tones with a serial number in red below the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 金關 壹 仟 圓 印年六十三國民華中 (Translation: Central Bank of China One Thousand Customs Gold Units Printed in the 36th year of the Republic of China) |
| Reverse description | A vignette of the Central Bank of China headquarters building in Shanghai occupies the upper portion, rendered in fine line engraving with architectural detail including the clock tower. Below, a large numeral 1000 appears within an ornate guilloche panel above the denomination legend, with two manuscript signatures of the General Manager and Assistant General Manager at the lower centre. The note is printed vertically in olive-brown tones with 1000 repeated in the side borders. |
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