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| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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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 description | The reverse is dominated by an elaborate scrollwork guilloche border in olive-green on a pale yellow-green underprint, with the national coat of arms of the People's Republic of China at the top centre. The bank name and denomination are rendered in four scripts — Chinese, Uyghur, Tibetan, and Mongolian — arranged around a central pink floral guilloche medallion. Numeral "3" denomination counters appear at left and right within ornate frames, and the year "1953" is set in a rectangular tablet at the bottom centre. |
| 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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