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| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-black letterpress print on plain paper. At left, the denomination 伍拾圓 (50 Yuan) is set within a lobed floral cartouche against a fine guilloche underprint, with the bank title 冀南銀行 (Jinan Bank) inscribed above. To the right, an intaglio-style vignette presents a steam locomotive with passenger carriages rounding a curve through a rural landscape. The serial number prefix and numerals appear in red at upper right, flanked by two red official seals at lower left, and the Chinese Republic year inscription 中華民國三十四年印 runs along the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | Blue-black print with dense guilloche coverage across the entire field. At left centre, a circular vignette presents a traditional Chinese temple complex set amid trees and water, enclosed within a fine-line oval border. To the right, the numeral '50' appears in large ornate script within a lobed guilloche cartouche. The denomination '50' is also repeated in each corner within smaller floral medallions. The bank title BANK OF CHINAN is lettered at the top, and FIFTY YUAN and the date 1945 appear along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINAN FIFTY YUAN 1945 |
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