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50 Yuan Central Bank of China
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and brown on multicolour underprint, with an intaglio portrait of Sun Yat-sen at left within an ornate guilloche border. The denomination is expressed in Chinese characters alongside the bank title, issue year, and printer's imprint. The overall design is set against a complex geometric underprint with decorative corner elements. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 圓拾伍 印年五十二國民華中 製司公路德華國英 (Translation: The Central Bank of China Fifty Yuan Printed in the 25th year of the Republic of China Waterlow & Sons Limited, London.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red on a light guilloche underprint, the reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of a grand imperial palace complex in Peking, rendered in fine line engraving with flanking trees to the right. Denomination numerals "50" appear in each corner within ornate cartouches, and the value inscription "FIFTY YUAN / NATIONAL CURRENCY" is set within a scrollwork panel below the architectural vignette. Two facsimile signatures appear beneath, with printed titles "GENERAL MANAGER" and "GOVERNOR", alongside the date "1936" and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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