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| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown and green letterpress print on cream paper. A central oval vignette shows a pastoral agricultural scene with a farmer plowing a field using an ox-drawn plow, set against a mountain landscape. The denomination 伍佰圓 (500 Yuan) is printed in large Chinese characters within ornate cartouches on both lateral margins, with two red seal chops flanking the lower portion of the central vignette, and the bank title 冀南銀行 inscribed across the upper centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 冀南銀行 伍佰圓 中華民國三十四年 |
| Reverse description | Uniform dark blue letterpress print with dense guilloche lacework covering the entire field. A central oval vignette contains a warship at sea. Large numeral "500" appears in the left and right guilloche panels, with smaller "500" numerals in the upper corners. The bank name "BANK OF CHINAN" is inscribed in a straight banner across the top, the denomination "FIVE HUNDRED YUAN" in a ribbon along the bottom, and the date "1945" below that. |
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