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3 Yuan
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Printer | Soviet Union State Printing Works (Goznak), Moscow |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green note with a central intaglio vignette of the Jingxing Bridge (井陘橋) set against a mountainous landscape, framed by an ornate guilloche border. The bank title in Chinese characters appears in a cartouche at the top centre, with denomination medallions in elaborate rosette frames at left and right. Two red seal stamps flank the lower portion of the central vignette, and the date 一九五三年 is inscribed within a decorative panel at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 中國人民銀行 叁 圓 1953 جوڭگو خەلق بانكاسى ئۈچ يۈەن བོད་སྐད། (Tibetan script) ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (Mongolian script) |
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The only 3 Yuan denomination ever issued by the People's Republic of China, this note is an outlier in the entire Second Series — no other denomination in Chinese communist currency history carries that value. It was produced entirely by Goznak in Moscow, reflecting the early 1950s Sino-Soviet partnership before relations fractured. China lacked sufficient domestic printing capacity at the time, and several Second Series denominations were contracted to Soviet facilities.
The 3 Yuan was withdrawn relatively early and never reissued in any subsequent series. Circulated examples are considerably more common than uncirculated ones, suggesting heavy use before retirement.