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500 Yuan
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Reference(s) | P#410 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek in intaglio at right, set within an ornate guilloche border with corner rosettes. The large denomination numeral characters occupy the centre field, with the bank title in Chinese characters across the top and Gold Yuan series inscription beneath. Two red seal stamps appear at lower left, with serial numbers printed in red at upper left and upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀央中 券圓金 圓佰伍 (Translation: Central Bank of China Gold Yuan note Five Hundred Yuan) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a steel truss bridge over a broad river busy with sampans and small vessels, rendered in fine line engraving. The bank title in English arches across the top, with the denomination in words and year at the bottom. Two facsimile signatures — General Manager at left and Governor at right — appear below the central vignette, flanked by guilloche panels bearing the numeral 500 in each corner. |
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