1 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	1980-1996
Value	1 Yuan (1元, 壹圓) (1 CNY)
Currency	Rénmínbì (1955-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	140 × 63 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	10 May 1988
Demonetized	30 April 2019
Number	N# 205002
References	P# 884 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Brown-violet on multicolour underprint.
Dong and Yao youths at right. Arms at upper left. Stylized birds in underprint at center. Braille dot at lower left.

Scripts: Braille, Chinese (simplified)

Lettering:
中国人民银行
⠂
壹圆

Translation:
The People's Bank of China

One Yuan

Reverse

Dark red print on multicolour underprint.
Great Wall of China at centre.

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

Lettering:
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG
YI YUAN
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་། جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى بىر يۈەن Cuŋhgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it mənz

Lettering (regular font):
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG
YI YUAN
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་། جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى بىر يۈەن Cuŋhgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it mənz

Translation: The People's Bank of China, One Yuan.

Watermark

1980-1990: Ancient Pu (pants) coin repeated
1996: Stars

Comments

Notes dated 1980 were not issued into circulation until May 10, 1988. The 1990 edition was issued on March 1, 1995 and the 1996 edition was issued on April 1, 1997. Withdrawal of the 4th Series commenced on May 1, 2018, with the exchange period ending on April 30, 2019.

UV activity:

1996 stars watermark repeated throughout the entire note:

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1980				$ 0.58	$ 0.91	$ 1.10	$ 1.50	P# 884a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Dark blue serial (without UV activity)	22%
1980							$ 0.92	P# 884b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Dark blue serial (with UV activity)	5%
1980							$ 1.50	P# 884c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Light blue serial (with UV activity)	3%
1980							$ 1.70	P# 884d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Black serial	7%
1980								P# 884s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen	0%
1990				$ 0.36	$ 0.58	$ 1.30	$ 1.70	P# 884e Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Dark blue serial	7%
1990								P# 884e* Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Dark blue serial. Replacement note with ZO prefix	0.05%
1990			$ 0.61	$ 0.85	$ 0.85	$ 0.85	$ 1.20	P# 884f Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Black serial	15%
1996	$ 0.21	$ 0.58	$ 0.63	$ 0.81	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	P# 884g Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Black serial	57%
1996								P# 884h Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Red serial	0.9%

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	Katz Auction 149 Lot 3912	8 Feb 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 1509	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 6.92 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 124 Lot 264	14 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.77 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 124 Lot 262	14 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.77 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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