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500 Customs Gold Units
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Customs Gold Unit (1930-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in an oval intaglio portrait, printed in green on a guilloche underprint. The denomination 伍佰圓 appears in an ornate quatrefoil cartouche below the portrait, flanked by decorative rosette panels. Two red official seals are affixed at the lower centre, with the issuer name 中央銀行 at the top and the Republic of China year inscription along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 關 金 伍 佰 圓 印年六十三國民華中 司公票鈔安保商美 (Translation: The Central Bank of China Five Hundred Customs Gold Units Printed in the 36th year of the Republic of China American Security Banknote Company) |
| Reverse description | Detailed intaglio vignette of the Central Bank of China headquarters building in Shanghai, rendered in green with an elaborate architectural surround and cloud motif above the roofline. The denomination 500 appears in guilloche roundels at all four corners and in a central oval cartouche bearing the English legend FIVE HUNDRED CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS. Two facsimile signatures of the Assistant General Manager and General Manager appear below the central cartouche, with the year 1947 and the printer's imprint SECURITY BANKNOTE COMPANY at the foot of the note. |
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