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1000 Yuan Central Bank of China
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Size | 156 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Sun Yat-sen in three-quarter portrait, set against a fine guilloche underprint in purple. Symmetrical denomination panels bearing the value in Chinese characters (壹仟圓) are positioned at left and right, flanked by ornate lathework corner pieces. Series designation '48-G' and two red seal impressions appear in the lower field, with the bank title in Chinese characters across the top and the date inscription along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 圓仟壹 印年四十三國民華中 司公票鈔安保商美 廠海上廠製印央中 (Translation: The Central Bank of China, One Thousand Yuan, Printed in the 34th year of the Republic of China, American Security Banknote Company) |
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The Central Bank of China's 1945 high-denomination issues were printed in the United States as the Nationalist government's domestic printing capacity remained overwhelmed — and increasingly irrelevant against the inflation accelerating through the final years of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The 1,000 Yuan denomination, unthinkable before the war, had become almost routine by this point in the currency's collapse.
Security Banknote Company of Philadelphia handled several Chinese government contracts during this period. The question mark on the printer's date reflects genuine uncertainty about when SBNC's involvement on this specific contract began, not a production anomaly.