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2000 Customs Gold Units

Issuer Central Bank of China
Year 1947
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Currency Customs Gold Unit (1930-1948)
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Obverse description Centred oval portrait vignette of Sun Yat-sen printed in red over a fine guilloche underprint, flanked by the location 上海 (Shanghai) in Chinese characters. The bank title 行銀央中 runs across the top, while the denomination panel 關金貳仟圓 is set within an ornate cartouche at centre, with corner numerals 貳仟 repeated in all four corners. Two official seals appear below the central panel, with the issue date and printer's imprint at the base.
Obverse lettering 行銀央中 海上 付即票憑 關 金 貳 仟 圓 印年六十三國民華中 司公票鈔國美
(Translation: Central Bank of China Shanghai Pay on Demand Two Thousand Customs Gold Units Printed in the 36th year of the Republic of China American Bank Note Company)
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Reverse lettering THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA
PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ITS OFFICE HERE
2000
TWO THOUSAND CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS
SHANGHAI, 1947
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
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