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20 Yuan without YUAN
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A facing portrait of Mao Zedong (1893–1976) occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint. A vignette of sacred lotus blossoms in pink and green tones is centered on the note, serving as the primary decorative motif. The denomination numeral and bank title appear in both Chinese characters and Arabic numerals within the overall multicolour underprint design. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio landscape of the Li River near Guilin, rendered in brown and mauve tones, with dramatic karst limestone peaks rising in the background and a solitary fisherman on a small boat in the foreground, his reflection mirrored on the calm water. Bold brown numerals "20" appear at the upper right and lower left corners, set against an intricate multicolour guilloche underprint of pink, green, and orange geometric rosettes. The date "1999年" and a seal mark appear at the lower centre-right, flanked by inscriptions in Romanized Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang scripts across the upper register. |
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| Protection description | the numeral 20 and floral motif visible when held to light; embedded security thread with microprinting running vertically through the note. |
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