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500 Yuan Bank of Chinan
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue on pink underprint. Central oval vignette portrays a rural ploughing scene with a farmer and ox working terraced fields, set within an ornate guilloche border. The bank name 冀南銀行 appears in large Chinese characters at the top, with the denomination 伍佰圓 rendered vertically in decorative cartouches at left and right; two red official seals are affixed at the lower centre, and the date 中華民國三十四年印 is inscribed along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Brown print on plain paper. A central oval vignette contains a warship underway on open water, framed by an elaborate guilloche surround with large numeral "500" denominators at left and right. The English bank name "BANK OF CHINAN" appears in a curved banner at the top, the denomination legend "FIVE HUNDRED YUAN" is set in a straight panel at the bottom, and the date "1945" is inscribed below in a separate tablet. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINAN FIVE HUNDRED YUAN 1945 500 |
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