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2 Yuan Bank of Central China
| Issuer | Bank of Central China |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, the obverse carries the bank title in Chinese characters (華中銀行) across the upper centre, with a large rural vignette occupying the left and centre of the note, showing figures planting rice in terraced paddy fields beside a tree-lined path with distant hills. To the right, the denomination 貳圓 appears within an elaborate foliate guilloche cartouche, flanked by two red chop seals; the lower margin bears the Chinese Republic year inscription 中華民國三十四年印. |
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| Obverse lettering | 華中銀行 貳圓 中華民國三十四年印 |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown, the reverse bears the English legend THE BANK OF CENTRAL CHINA across the top within a fine geometric border. The centre is occupied by a large guilloche medallion with the numeral 2, inscribed TWO YUAN beneath, flanked by two columns of Chinese signature characters. To the right, an oval vignette encloses a view of a building set among trees; the numeral 2 appears in all four corners, and the year 1945 is printed at the lower left. |
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