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5 Yuan
| Issuer | Central Reserve Bank of China |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on a pale ground, the obverse centres on an intaglio oval vignette of Sun Yat-sen in a mandarin collar, framed by scrollwork and flanked by two ornate cartouches each bearing the Chinese characters 伍圓. The bank title 中央儲備銀行 runs across the top in red, with serial numbers printed in black at upper left and upper right. Two red seal chops appear below the portrait, and denomination and date inscriptions occupy a banner at the foot of the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中央儲備銀行 伍圓 中華民國幣伍圓 中華國民二十九年印 |
| Reverse description | The reverse, also printed entirely in red, carries a central oval vignette of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (Zhongshan Ling) in Nanking, rendered in fine line engraving and showing the grand ceremonial approach with its long stairway and tree-lined avenue receding toward the memorial hall. Large stylised numeral 5 guilloche panels occupy each lateral field, and the bank title in English runs along the top margin. The denomination tablet FIVE YUAN and the date 1940 appear in cartouches below the central vignette, with the facsimile signatures of the Governor and Vice-Governor printed at lower right and lower left respectively. |
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