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| Issuer | Bank of Central China (中華銀行) |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, the note carries a central vignette of a boat passing beneath a bridge with a temple structure in the background, enclosed within an ornate guilloche border. The bank title 中華銀行 (Bank of Central China) is inscribed in large characters across the top, with the denomination 貳仟圓 (2000 Yuan) repeated on both left and right panels. The date 中華民國三十七年 (Republic of China Year 37) appears along the lower margin, and serial number prefixes flank the upper portion of the design. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown and green, the reverse is dominated by a large numeral 2000 set within an elaborate guilloche underprint in green, surrounded by a decorative border with the denomination repeated in the four corners. The year 1948 appears in a scroll at the lower centre, with the overall design executed in a two-colour letterpress style typical of liberated area emergency issues. |
| Reverse lettering | 2000 1948 |
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