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50 Yuan Central Bank of China

Issuer Central Bank of China
Year 1945
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Obverse description A circular vignette at left frames a city gate rendered in fine line engraving, set against a pink and red guilloche underprint. The denomination 伍拾圓 (Fifty Yuan) appears in large Chinese characters at centre-right, flanked by serial number panels. Bank and issue titles run across the upper register, with the date inscription and printer credit along the lower margin.
Obverse lettering 行銀央中 券通流省九北東 圓拾伍 印年四十三國民華中 廠海上廠製印央中
(Translation: Central Bank of China Circulation Notes in Northeastern 9 Provinces Fifty Yuan Printed in the 34th year of the Republic of China Central Engraving and Printing Plant, Shanghai Factory)
Reverse description The reverse is printed entirely in red-pink tones and composed of intricate guilloche lacework framing a central panel with the numeral 50 in large figures, flanked by the denomination in Chinese characters 伍拾圓 above. A floral rosette medallion forms the centrepiece, surrounded by geometric lathe-work borders. The denomination numeral 50 also appears in each corner within ornamental frames.
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