The Banknotes of China
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Bank of China (1912-1942)
P51q |
1 Yuan
September 1918. |
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| City of issue on back = Tientsin. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P63 |
10 Cents
1st July, 1925. |
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| City of issue on back = Shanghai. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P68 |
5 Dollars
October 1930. |
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| City of issue on back = Amoy. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P70b |
5 Yuan
January 1931 |
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| City of issue on back = Tientsin. Serial numbers on front and back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P75 |
10 Yuan
January 1935 |
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| City of issue on back = Shantung. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P76 |
1 Yuan
March 1935 |
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| City of issue on back = Tientsin. One-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P76 |
1 Yuan
March 1935 |
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| City of issue on back = Tientsin. Two-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P77b |
5 Yuan
March 1935 |
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| No city of issue on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P78 |
1 Yuan
May 1936 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P79 |
1 Yuan
1937 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P80 |
5 Yuan
1937 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P81 |
10 Yuan
1937 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P82 |
10 Cents
(1940) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P84 |
5 Yuan
1940 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P85b |
10 Yuan
1940 |
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| Serial number on front and back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P87c |
50 Yuan
1940 |
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| Serial number on front only. With overprint Chungking on front (in Chinese) and back (in English). Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P88b |
100 Yuan
1940 |
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| Serial number on front only. With overprint Chungking on front (in Chinese) and back (in English). Without serial number suffix letter. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P88b |
100 Yuan
1940 |
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| Serial number on front only. With overprint Chungking on front (in Chinese) and back (in English). With serial number suffix letter. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P88c |
100 Yuan
1940 |
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| Serial number on front and back. With overprint Chungking on front (in Chinese) and back (in English). Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Bank of Communications (1912-1949)
P116m |
1 Yuan
October 1st 1914 |
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| Purple note, with Shanghai overprint. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P117n |
5 Yuan
October 1st 1914. |
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| With overprint Shanghai on front (in Chinese) and back (in English) in black ink. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P118q |
10 Yuan
October 1st 1914. |
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| With overprint Shanghai on front (in Chinese) and back (in English) in blue ink. Red signature seals on front. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P120c |
100 Yuan
October 1st 1914. |
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| With overprint Shanghai on front (in Chinese) and back (in English) in black ink. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P148b |
1 Yuan
January 1st 1931 |
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| Red signature seals on front printed separately from rest of note. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P148c |
1 Yuan
January 1st 1931 |
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| Red signature seals on front engraved. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P153 |
1 Yuan
1935 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P154a |
5 Yuan
1935 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P155 |
10 Yuan
1935 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P157a |
5 Yuan
1941 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P158 |
10 Yuan
1941 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P159a |
10 Yuan
1941 |
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| Serial number on front and back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P161b |
50 Yuan
1941 |
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| Without city of issue on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P162b |
100 Yuan
1941 |
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| Without place name overprint. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P165 |
100 Yuan
1942 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
The Central Bank of China (1923-1949)
P176 |
10 Dollars
1923 |
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| Without signatures. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P176 |
10 Dollars
1923 |
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| English signatures only. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P194b |
20 Cents
(1924) |
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| Signature 2. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P195c |
1 Dollar
1928 |
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| Signature 5. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P197h |
10 Dollars
1928 |
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| Signature 7 in green. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P198b |
50 Dollars
1928 |
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| Signature 5. With overprint Chungking on front (in Chinese) and back (in English). Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P198f |
50 Dollars
1928 |
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| Signature 7 in black. Without overprint. Serial number on front only. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P200d |
5 Dollars
1930 |
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| Signature 5. Without serial number suffix letter. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P200d |
5 Dollars
1930 |
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| Signature 5. With serial number suffix letter. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P200e |
5 Dollars
1930 |
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| Signature 7 in black. Serial number on front and back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P200f |
5 Dollars
1930 |
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| Signature 7 in green. Serial number on back only. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P202 |
10 Cents
(1931) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P203 |
20 Cents
(1931) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P205 |
50 Cents
(1931) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P211a |
1 Yuan
1936 |
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| Signature 10. Without serial number suffix letter. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P211a |
1 Yuan
1936 |
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| Signature 10. With serial number suffix letter. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P212a |
1 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Signature 5. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P212c |
1 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P213a |
5 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Signature 5. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P213c |
5 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P214a |
10 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Signature 5. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P214c |
10 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P216a |
1 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 5. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P217a |
5 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 5. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P217c |
5 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P218a |
10 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 5. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P218d |
10 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 8. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P218e |
10 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P219a |
50 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 11. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P220a |
100 Yuan
1936 |
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| Printer = Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London. Signature 11. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P222 |
5 Yuan
1937 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P224a |
1 Cent
(1939) |
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| Printer = Union Publishers & Printers, Fed. Inc. U.S.A. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P225a |
5 Cents
(1939) |
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| Printer = Union Publishers & Printers, Fed. Inc. U.S.A. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P226 |
10 Cents
1940 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P227a |
20 Cents
1940 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P228 |
10 Yuan
1940 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P230 |
2 Yuan
1941 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P235 |
5 Yuan
1941 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P236 |
5 Yuan
1941 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P237b |
10 Yuan
1941 |
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| Signature 6. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P237d |
10 Yuan
1941 |
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| Signature 8. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P239a |
10 Yuan
1941 |
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| Signature 7. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P240c |
20 Yuan
1941 |
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| Signature 12. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P243a |
100 Yuan
1941 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P244b |
5 Yuan
1942 |
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| Signature 7. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P245c |
10 Yuan
1942 |
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| Signature 7. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P247 |
10 Yuan
1942 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P249a |
100 Yuan
1942 |
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| Signature 7. Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P251 |
500 Yuan
1942 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P252 |
1000 Yuan
1942 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P253 |
2000 Yuan
1942 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P255 |
50 Yuan
1944 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P256 |
100 Yuan
1944 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P258 |
100 Yuan
1944 |
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| Dark blue on light blue and peach underprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P260 |
100 Yuan
1944 |
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| Black on bluish purple underprint. Guilloche at right center is purple. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P260A |
100 Yuan
1944 |
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| Printer = 6-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P261 |
100 Yuan
1944 |
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| Brown. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P264 |
500 Yuan
1944 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P266 |
500 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P267 |
500 Yuan
1944 |
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| Printer = British American Bank Note Company Limited. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P270 |
10 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P273 |
50 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P278 |
100 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P283a |
500 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P288 |
1000 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P289 |
1000 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P290 |
500 Yuan
1945 |
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| Printer = Security Banknote Company. Images courtesy Tristan White | |||
P304 |
2500 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Printer = 6-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P305 |
5000 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Printer = 5-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P307 |
2000 Yuan
1946 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P309 |
5000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P310 |
5000 Yuan
1947 |
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| Printer = Thomas de la Rue & Company, Limited, London. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P311 |
5000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Purple on yellow-orange. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P312 |
5000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 5-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P313 |
5000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 6-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P317 |
10,000 Yuan
1947 |
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| Printer = 7-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P318 |
10,000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P319 |
10,000 Yuan
1947 |
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| Printer = Security Banknote Company. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P320a |
10,000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 5-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P321 |
10,000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 6-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P325d |
1 Customs Gold Unit
1930 |
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| Signature 7 in brown. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P326d |
5 Customs Gold Units
1930 |
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| Signature 7. Signature title at right = Asst. General Manager. Serial number on back only. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P327d |
10 Customs Gold Units
1930 |
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| Signature 7. Signature title at right = Asst. General Manager. Serial number on back only. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P328 |
20 Customs Gold Units
1930 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P329 |
50 Customs Gold Units
1930 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P330a |
100 Customs Gold Units
1930 |
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| One serial number prefix letter. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P330 |
100 Customs Gold Units
1930 |
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| Two serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P332 |
500 Customs Gold Units
1930 (1947) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P335 |
500 Customs Gold Units
1947 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P336 |
500 Customs Gold Units
1947 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P338 |
1000 Customs Gold Units
1947 |
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| Olive, not grey. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P339a |
1000 Customs Gold Units
(1947) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P340 |
2000 Customs Gold Units
1947 |
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| Red. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P354 |
10,000 Customs Gold Units
1947 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P357 |
2000 Customs Gold Units
(1948) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P361 |
5000 Customs Gold Units
(1948) |
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| Printer = 5-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P373 |
50,000 Customs Gold Units
(1948) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P379 |
100 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P380 |
500 Yuan
(1946-1947) |
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| Unknown printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P381 |
500 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P382a |
1000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 5-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P382b |
1000 Yuan
(1947) |
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| Printer = 8-character Chinese printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P385 |
5000 Yuan
(1948) |
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| Dark blue with red and olive guilloche at right center. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P386 |
10,000 Yuan
(1948) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P387 |
1 Yuan
1945 (1948) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P388 |
5 Yuan
1945 (1948) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P390 |
10 Yuan
1945 (1948) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P392 |
50 Yuan
1945 (1948) |
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| Sun Yet Sen at center on front. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P395 |
10 Cents
1946 |
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| Serial number prefix in small font. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P395 |
10 Cents
1946 |
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| Serial number prefix in large font. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P395A |
20 Cents
1946 |
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| Black. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P396 |
20 Cents
1946 |
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| Orange. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P397 |
50 Cents
1948 |
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| Brown on yellow. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P401 |
20 Yuan
1948 |
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| Red on white. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P403 |
50 Yuan
1948 |
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| Purple. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P407 |
100 Yuan
1948 |
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| Blue. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P408 |
100 Yuan
1949 |
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| Orange. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P409 |
500 Yuan
1949 |
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| Green. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P413 |
1000 Gold Yuan
1949 |
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| Dark brown. Building at left on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P418 |
50,000 Gold Yuan
1949 |
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| Orange. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P423 |
500,000 Gold Yuan
1949 |
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| Printer = Chung Hwa Book Co, Ltd. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P426 |
1 Million Gold Yuan
1949 |
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| Printer = Chung Hwa Book Co, Ltd. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P433 |
10 Cents
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P440 |
1 Silver Dollar
1949 |
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| Dark maroon-red. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P441 |
1 Silver Dollar
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P447b |
10 Silver Dollars
1949 |
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| With "Canton" on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P449U |
1 Million Yuan
(1.1.1949) |
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| Red on yellow underprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P449V |
5 Million Yuan
(1.1.1949) |
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| Green on white underprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P449X |
10 Million Yuan
(1.1.1949) |
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| Red on light blue underprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Farmers Bank of China (1934-1945)
P455a |
10 Cents
Mar. 1st 1935 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P457a |
1 Yuan
(1 April 1935) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P458a |
5 Yuan
(1935) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P459a |
10 Yuan
(1935) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P460 |
50 Cents
(1936) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P461 |
10 Cents
1937 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P462 |
20 Cents
(1937) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P463 |
1 Yuan
(1940) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P464 |
10 Yuan
(1940) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P474 |
1 Yuan
(1941) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P475 |
5 Yuan
(1941) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P476b |
50 Yuan
1941 |
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| With overprint Chungking at left and right on front (in Chinese). Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P477a |
100 Yuan
1941 |
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| Without overprint Chungking at left and right on front (in Chinese). Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P478a |
500 Yuan
1941 |
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| Without overprint Chungking at left and right on front (in Chinese). Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Market Stabilization Currrency Bureau (1910-1923)
P602 |
50 Coppers
(1915) |
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| Unknown city of issue. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
Special Circulating Notes (1923)
P623 |
1 Yuan
(1923) |
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| Blue front, green back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Peoples Bank of China (1948-present)
P801 |
5 Yuan
1948 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P802 |
5 Yuan
1948 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P810 |
1000 Yuan
(1948) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P812 |
1 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book | |||
P813 |
5 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P815 |
10 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P831 |
100 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P836 |
100 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P840 |
200 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P849 |
1000 Yuan
1949 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P857a |
500 Yuan
1951 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P857Ba |
5000 Yuan
1951 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P857Ca |
5000 Yuan
1951 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P860a |
1 Fen
1953 |
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| Serial number is a combination of Roman numerals and western numbers. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P860c |
1 Fen
1953 |
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| Serial number is two Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P861a |
2 Fen
1953 |
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| Serial number is a combination of Roman numerals and western numbers. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P861b |
2 Fen
1953 |
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| Serial number is three Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P862a |
5 Fen
1953 |
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| Serial number is a combination of Roman numerals and western numbers. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P862b |
5 Fen
1953 |
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| Serial number is three Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P865 |
5 Jiao
1953 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P866 |
1 Yuan
1953 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P867 |
2 Yuan
1953 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P868 |
3 Yuan
1953 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P870 |
10 Yuan
1953 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P871 |
1 Yuan
1956 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P872 |
5 Yuan
1956 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P874a |
1 Yuan
1960 |
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| Watermark = large and small stars. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P874c |
1 Yuan
1960 |
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| Serial number prefix = two Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P875a |
2 Yuan
1960 |
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| Watermark = large and small stars. Serial number prefix = three Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P876a |
5 Yuan
1960 |
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| Serial number prefix = three Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P876b |
5 Yuan
1960 |
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| Serial number prefix = two Roman numerals. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P877c |
1 Jiao
1962 |
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| Serial number prefix is three blue Roman numerals. Back is brown. No watermark. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P877f |
1 Jiao
1962 |
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| Serial number prefix is two red Roman numerals. Back is lithographed. No watermark. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P878a |
2 Jiao
1962 |
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| Serial number prefix is three red Roman numerals. Engraved. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P878c |
2 Jiao
1962 |
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| Serial number prefix is two red Roman numerals. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P879b |
10 Yuan
1965 |
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| Serial number prefix is two red Roman numerals. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P880a |
5 Jiao
1972 |
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| Engraved bank title. Serial number prefix is three Roman numerals. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P881 |
1 Jiao
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P882 |
2 Jiao
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P883 |
5 Jiao
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P884a |
1 Yuan
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P884b |
1 Yuan
1990 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P884c |
1 Yuan
1996 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P885a |
2 Yuan
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P885b |
2 Yuan
1990 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P886 |
5 Yuan
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Tristan White | |||
P887 |
10 Yuan
1980 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P888b |
50 Yuan
1990 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P889b |
100 Yuan
1990 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P891 |
50 Yuan
1999 |
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| Commemorative of the 50th anniversary of the Revolution. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
P895 |
1 Yuan
1999 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P897 |
5 Yuan
1999 (2002) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P898 |
10 Yuan
1999 (2000) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P899 |
20 Yuan
1999 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P900 |
50 Yuan
1999 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P901 |
100 Yuan
1999 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P902 |
100 Yuan
2000 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P903 |
5 Yuan
2005 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P904 |
10 Yuan
2005 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P905 |
20 Yuan
2005 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
P906 |
50 Yuan
2005 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P907 |
100 Yuan
2005 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
Foreign Exchange Certificates (1979-1988)
PFX2 |
50 Fen
1979 |
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| Foreign Exchange Certificate. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PFX3 |
1 Yuan
1979 |
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| Foreign Exchange Certificate. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PFX4 |
5 Yuan
1979 |
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| Foreign Exchange Certificate. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PFX5 |
10 Yuan
1979 |
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| Foreign Exchange Certificate. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Central Reserve Bank of China (1940-1945)
PJ1b |
1 Cent
(1940) |
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| Without printer's imprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ3a |
10 Cents
1940 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ4a |
20 Cents
1940 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ7a |
50 Cents
1940 |
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| Purple front. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ8a |
1 Yuan
1940 |
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| Green on yellow underprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ9a |
1 Yuan
1940 (1.5.1942) |
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| Black signatures on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ9b |
1 Yuan
1940 |
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| Purple signature on back. Serial number prefix = two letters. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ9c |
1 Yuan
1940 |
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| Purple signature on back. Serial number prefix = fractional letters. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ10c |
5 Yuan
1940 (19.12.1941) |
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| Serial number on front only. Black signatures on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ10e |
5 Yuan
1940 |
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| Underprint on front = pink and blue. Red signatures. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ12c |
10 Yuan
1940 |
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| Black signatures. Serial number on front only. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ12h |
10 Yuan
1940 |
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| Blue signatures. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ14a |
100 Yuan
1942 |
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| Blue signatures. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ16a |
10 Cents
(1943) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ17a |
20 Cents
(1943) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ19a |
1 Yuan
1943 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ20a |
10 Yuan
1943 |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ21a |
100 Yuan
1943 |
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| Dark olive-green. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ23a |
100 Yuan
1943 |
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| Blue. Watermark = clouds. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ24Aa |
500 Yuan
1943 (1944) |
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| Brown back. Serial number and block number. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ25 |
500 Yuan
1943 (1944) |
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| Purple back. Serial number and block number. Unknown watermark. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ27a |
500 Yuan
1943 (1945) |
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| Brown front, purple back. Block number only. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ30a |
200 Yuan
1944 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ32b |
1000 Yuan
1944 (1945) |
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| Grey-blue front, blue and purple back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ36a |
10,000 Yuan
1944 (1945) |
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| Black on pink underprint. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ40a |
5000 Yuan
1945 |
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| Printer = The Central Reserve Bank of China Printing Works. With serial number. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ41a |
5000 Yuan
1945 |
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| Without printer's imprint. With block letters only. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Federal Reserve Bank of China (1938-1945)
PJ46a |
1 Fen
(1938) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ48b |
10 Fen
(1940) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ49a |
20 Fen
(1938) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ61a |
1 Yuan
(1939) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ68a |
50 Fen
(1944) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ69a |
1 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ72a |
1 Yuan
(1941) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ73a |
5 Yuan
(1941) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ76a |
10 Yuan
(1943) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ78b |
500 Yuan
(1943) |
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| Printer's imprint on back = 29 mm long. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ83a |
100 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ86b |
10 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Printer = Chinese 14-character printer. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ88a |
100 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Block number is not 16. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ89a |
500 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Mengchiang Bank (1938-1945)
PJ101Aa |
5 Chiao
(1940) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ104 |
1 Yuan
(ND) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ105a |
1 Yuan
(1938) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PJ106a |
5 Yuan
(1938) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ108a |
10 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Watermark = bank logo. Blue on front. Serial and block numbers. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ108c |
10 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Blue on front. Block numbers only. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ111 |
100 Yuan
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ112a |
100 Yuan
(1938) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
Central Bank of Manchukuo (1932-1945)
PJ135a |
1 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Block and serial numbers. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ138 |
100 Yuan
(1944) |
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| Undetermined watermark. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PJ141a |
50 Fen
(1941) |
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| Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
Japanese Imperial Government (1937-1945)
PM7a |
1 Sen
(1939) |
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| Bank title on front = 7 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM10 |
5 Sen
(1939) |
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| Bank title on front = 11 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM11a |
10 Sen
(1940) |
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| Bank title on front = 7 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM13a |
50 Sen
(1940) |
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| Bank title on front = 7 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM14a |
50 Sen
(1938) |
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| Bank title on front = 11 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM17a |
5 Yen
(1940) |
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| Bank title on front = 7 characters. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PM19a |
10 Yen
(1940) |
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| Bank title on front = 7 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM21a |
100 Yen
(1945) |
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| Bank title on front = 7 characters. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
Military Note (1938-1945)
PM23a |
1 Yen
(1938) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM24a |
5 Yen
(1938) |
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| Overprint = 4 characters across middle, 11 characters at lower center. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PM25a |
5 Yen
(1938 or 1944) |
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| Overprint = 7 characters across top center, 4 characters across middle. Undetermined watermark. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PM27a |
10 Yen
(1938) |
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| Overprint = 7 characters across top and 4 characters across middle. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM28 |
100 Yen
(1945) |
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| Overprint = 4 characters across middle, 7 characters at lower center. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
PM29 |
100 Yen
(1945) |
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| Overprint = 4 characters across. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PM30 |
100 Yen
(1945) |
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| Orange-brown. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya | |||
Soviet Red Army Headquarters (1945-1946)
PM33 |
10 Yen
(1945) |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||