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1000 Yuan
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Currency | Gold Yuan (1948-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek in military uniform at right, set within an oval guilloche frame against a red underprint with intricate geometric lathe-work patterns. The denomination in large Chinese characters occupies the central vignette within an ornate rosette, with serial numbers and prefix letters printed in the upper margin. Corner cartouches repeat the denomination value in Chinese at all four corners. |
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| Reverse description | A classical Chinese temple or government hall vignette occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in fine intaglio line work against a red guilloche underprint. The central panel carries an ornate oval frame enclosing the numeral 1000 with the English legend ONE THOUSAND GOLD YUAN beneath it. Two signature lines appear below the central vignette, dated 1949, with the printer's imprint at the foot of the note. |
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By early 1949, the Nationalist government's currency was in freefall. The Gold Yuan — introduced in August 1948 as a supposedly stabilizing reform — had already collapsed, and denominations that would have seemed absurd a year earlier were now routine. This 1,000 Yuan note from Chung Hwa Book Co. in Shanghai belongs to the final, desperate phase of Central Bank of China issuance, when the press ran continuously and purchasing power evaporated faster than notes could be distributed.
Chung Hwa was one of several Shanghai printers the Central Bank leaned on as the PLA advanced. The Communist takeover of Shanghai came in May 1949, effectively ending this series mid-circulation.