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1000 Yuan Central Bank of China
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a detailed intaglio view of the Great Wall of China winding across a mountainous landscape, with a watchtower at centre. The legend THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA arches across the top within a decorative frame, flanked by numeral 1000 counters at each corner against intricate guilloche underprints. The date 1942 appears in a cartouche at the bottom centre, with ONE THOUSAND YUAN inscribed in a banner below the vignette; the printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED LONDON is present at the foot of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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By 1942, the Central Bank of China was printing in denominations unthinkable a decade earlier — inflation driven by wartime expenditure against Japan had forced a rapid escalation in note values throughout the early 1940s. Thomas De La Rue's London facility continued producing notes for the Nationalist government even as the war made logistics increasingly difficult, with finished notes transported under considerable risk.
The watermark is the sole security feature, modest for a De La Rue production but in keeping with the series. Forgery was a known problem — Japanese military intelligence ran organized counterfeiting operations targeting Nationalist currency specifically to destabilize the economy.