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5000 Customs Gold Units
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 5000 Customs Gold Units (5000 關金圓) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Sun Yat-sen in an oval vignette at centre, set against a fine guilloche underprint in blue. The denomination 關金伍仟圓 appears in a decorative cartouche below the portrait, flanked by two rosette medallions. Two red seal impressions of the Central Bank of China are placed at the lower centre, with the issuing year and printer's imprint along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Central Bank of China headquarters building in Shanghai, rendered in fine intaglio line work, occupying the upper half of the note. Below, a large guilloche medallion frames the numeral 5000, with the English denomination legend across its centre band. Two facsimile signatures of bank officials appear beneath the medallion, above a shield cartouche bearing the denomination numeral and date 1948, with the printer's imprint at the very foot. |
| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA 5000 FIVE THOUSAND CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS 5000 1948 SECURITY BANKNOTE COMPANY |
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