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5 Yuan Hunan-Hupeh Border Construction Bank
| Issuer | Yu-O (Hunan-Hupeh) Border Area Construction Bank |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on a cream ground, the obverse carries a central vignette of a peasant plowing terraced fields with a pair of oxen, rendered in a woodcut-style letterpress. The denomination 伍 (five) appears in large characters within floral cartouches at left and right, while the bank title 隊邊區建設銀行 and the value 伍圓 are inscribed in vertical Chinese script at upper center. A serial number and a red seal appear at the lower center, with the Republican era date 中華民國三十一年 at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 隊邊區建設銀行 伍圓 中華民國三十一年 |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue-green on cream paper, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche underprint surrounding a large numeral 5 at center. The English legend THE CONSTRUCTIVE BANK OF YU-O PROVINCE arcs across the top, with FIVE YUAN and the date 1942 inscribed in a central panel. The denomination numeral 5 appears in cartouches at left and right, and the serial number is repeated at the bottom. |
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