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500 Yuan
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Value | 500 Yuan |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek in uniform at right, set against a multi-colored guilloche underprint with red official seals flanking the central vignette. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear in Chinese characters across the note face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 券圓金 圓佰伍 廠製印央中 (Translation: Central Bank of China Gold Yuan note Five Hundred Yuan Central Printing Plant) |
| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of the Central Bank of China building in Nanking occupies the left portion of the note, rendered in olive-green tones with fine architectural detail. A large denomination numeral cartouche with guilloche ornament appears at center-right, flanked by corner numerals and decorative borders. Signature lines for General Manager and Governor appear below the central vignette, with the year 1949 at the base. |
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