100 Yuan

Features

Issuer	People's Republic of China
Issuing bank	People's Bank of China (中國人民銀行/中国人民银行)
Period	People's Republic (1949-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1980-1990
Value	100 Yuan (100元, 壹佰圆) (100 CNY)
Currency	Rénmínbì (1955-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	165 × 77 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	10 May 1988
Demonetized	2019
Number	N# 204040
References	P# 889 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Profile portraits of four men facing left.
From left to right: Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong

Scripts: Braille, Chinese (simplified)

Lettering:
中国人民银行　100
100　壹佰圆　⠁⠚⠚

Translation:
People's Republic of China
One Hundred Yuan

Reverse

Peak of the Jinggang Mountains, the starting point of the "Long March"

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, seal script), Latin, Mongolian / Manchu, Old Uyghur, Tibetan

Lettering:
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINGHANG 100
YI BAI
YUAN
100 1990
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ
ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་།
يۈز يۈەن جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى
Cuŋɓgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it bak mənz

Lettering (regular font):
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINGHANG 100
YI BAI
YUAN
100 1990
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ
ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་།
يۈز يۈەن جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى
Cuŋɓgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it bak mənz

Translation:
People's Bank of China
100 Yuan

Watermark

Mao Zedong

Printer

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (中国印钞造币总公司), China (1980-date)

Comments

Notes dated 1980 were not issued into circulation until 1988.

The 1990 issue features the addition of a security thread and was released on August 20, 1992.

Withdrawal of the 4th Series commenced on May 1, 2018, with the exchange period ending on April 30, 2019.

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1980					$ 160	P# 889a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).		15%
1980						P# 889s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen	0%
1990	$ 12	$ 14	$ 18	$ 21	$ 40	P# 889b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Security thread at right	84%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Auction 111 Lot 257	30 Jan 2024	1980 – P# 889a	UNC (PMG UNC64)	USD 133.84 (EUR 116.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 97 Lot 336	7 Oct 2023	1980 – P# 889a	UNC (PMG UNC64)	USD 156.92 (EUR 136.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 87 Lot 246	21 Jun 2023	1980 – P# 889a	UNC (PMG UNC64)	USD 162.69 (EUR 141.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 71 Lot 3299	30 Nov 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 168.46 (EUR 146.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 95 Lot 373	16 Sep 2023	1990 – P# 889b – Security thread at right	UNC	USD 26.54 (EUR 23.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 91 Lot 1725	8 Aug 2023	1990 – P# 889b – Security thread at right	UNC	USD 49.61 (EUR 43.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 78 Lot 2156	1 Mar 2023	1990 – P# 889b – Security thread at right	UNC	USD 41.54 (EUR 36.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 191 Lot 191	17 Apr 2026	1990 – P# 889b – Security thread at right	VF	USD 5.77 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 189 Lot 336	3 Apr 2026	1990 – P# 889b – Security thread at right	VF	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 135 Lot 76	14 Aug 2024	1990 – P# 889b – Security thread at right	VF	USD 8.08 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.