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5000 Yuan
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Currency | Gold Yuan (1948-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek in military uniform occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in intaglio against a red guilloche underprint. The denomination is expressed in large Chinese characters across the central panel, flanked by ornate floral vignettes, with the bank title inscribed in Chinese characters along the top margin. Serial numbers appear in two positions within the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中央銀行 金圓券 伍仟圓 (Translation: Central Bank of China Gold Yuan note Five Thousand Yuan) |
| Reverse description | A truss railway bridge dominates the central vignette, with river traffic and industrial structures rendered in the background in red intaglio on a guilloche-patterned ground. The numeral 5000 appears in all four corners within ornate cartouches, and two facsimile signatures are printed beneath the central vignette with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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