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500 Yuan Bank of Central China
| Issuer | Bank of Central China |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Deep red letterpress print on a plain ground. A vignette at right centre shows a steam passenger locomotive hauling a train across an open landscape. The denomination 伍百圓 appears in large Chinese characters at centre within a decorative guilloche oval, with corner denominators reading 伍百. The bank title 華中銀行 is printed in Chinese characters across the top, with the serial number in the upper right field. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress print. The central panel carries a bold guilloche oval enclosing the denomination numeral 500 flanked by the Chinese legend 伍百圓, with the numeral 500 repeated at left and right. An elaborate border of interlocking guilloche patterns and scrollwork frames the design, with two signature panels in manuscript flanking the central vignette. The year 1946 is printed in Western numerals at the base of the central panel. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 伍百圓 1946 |
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