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| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a team of horse-drawn ploughs working an open field, with figures guiding the animals across the furrows in a rural agricultural scene rendered in brown intaglio. The denomination 壹萬圓 appears in large Chinese characters within ornate guilloche panels on both the left and right margins. The bank title 中國人民銀行 is printed at the top, with the date 一九四九年 at the lower centre, and two red seal impressions appear at the lower left and right of the vignette frame. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette on the reverse shows a pastoral scene of a boy herding cattle beneath a large tree, executed in brown intaglio with fine line engraving. The denomination 10000 appears in numerals on both the left and right sides, flanked by elaborate guilloche rosette panels with 壹萬 in Chinese characters. The bank title 中國人民銀行 is printed at the top centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 中國人民銀行 壹萬 10000 (Translation: People's Bank of China / 10,000) |
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