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| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| In circulation to | 1949 |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek in military uniform at right, set within a guilloche-bordered vignette printed in red on a light ground. The bank name in Chinese characters (中央銀行) appears at top centre, with the denomination rendered in large Chinese numerals at centre-left and in corner panels. Serial numbers and series prefix appear above the central denomination block. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中央銀行 金圓券 伍佰萬圓 伍佰萬 (Translation: Central Bank of China / Gold Yuan / Five Million Yuan) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Central Bank of China Chungking Branch building, a classical multi-tiered structure set within an elaborate guilloche frame printed in red. The denomination numeral 5000000 appears in all four corners within ornate rosette panels. Two manuscript signatures appear below the central building vignette. |
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