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5 Yuan Bank of Pei Hai

Issuer Bank of Pei Hai (北海銀行)
Year 1945
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description Dark blue letterpress print on white paper. A central oval vignette presents a traditional Chinese pavilion or shrine set against a landscape, enclosed within ornate guilloche borders. The bank name 北海銀行 (Bank of Pei Hai) is inscribed across the top in large Chinese characters, with the denomination 伍圓 repeated in decorative panels on either side and at the corners; the serial number and the imprint 中民國三十四年印 (printed in the 34th year of the Republic of China) appear below.
Obverse lettering 北海銀行
伍圓
山東
中民國三十四年印
Reverse description Brown letterpress print with a large central numeral '5' set within an elaborate guilloche rosette, flanked by the denomination numeral '5' in bold on both left and right margins. The bank title PEI HAI BANK runs along the top in a decorative cartouche, with FIVE YUAN inscribed below the central rosette; the year 1945 appears at the base, and the word 設 is printed in the side margins.
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