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500 Yuan Bank of Pei Hai

Issuer Bank of Pei Hai
Year 1948
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description Printed in blue on a light ground, the central vignette presents a mountainside fortification or temple complex set within an ornate rectangular frame of guilloche and floral scroll border work. Large Chinese characters for the denomination (伍百圆) appear at left and right, with the bank name 北海銀行 across the top and a serial number in red at upper left. The date inscription 中華民國三十七年印 (Republic of China Year 37) runs along the lower margin.
Obverse lettering 北海銀行 伍百圓 中華民國三十七年印
Reverse description Printed entirely in red-brown, the reverse centres on a large bold numeral 500 set within an elaborate guilloche rosette medallion, surrounded by a symmetric lathe-work frame with the denomination numeral 500 repeated in each corner. A rectangular cartouche at the lower centre carries the year 1948.
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