5 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
Year	1980
Value	5 Yuan (5元, 伍圓) (5 CNY)
Currency	Rénmínbì (1955-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	147.2 × 69.85 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	22 September 1988
Demonetized	30 April 2019
Number	N# 207370
References	P# 886 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Dark brown print on predominantly orange multicoloured underprint; serial number black.
Tibetan woman and Hui elder on right, facing left. Denomination in Braille at left and Arabic numerals on both bottom corners and top right corner. Seal of the People's Republic of China at top-left.

Scripts: Braille, Chinese (simplified)

Lettering:
中国人民银行
伍圆
⠢
5

Translation: Bank of People's Republic of China, 5 Yuan

Reverse

Dark brown print on predominantly orange multicoloured underprint
Scene of the Wu Gorge on the Yangtze River at centre
Name of bank and denomination, written in four scripts: Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang.

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

Lettering:
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINGHANG

ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་། جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى بەش يۈەن Cuŋbgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz haзmənz
5 WU YUAN 1980

Lettering (regular font):
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINGHANG

ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་། جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى بەش يۈەن Cuŋbgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz haзmənz
5 WU YUAN 1980

Translation: Bank of People's Republic of China, 5 Yuan

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

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1980	$ 0.65	$ 0.98	$ 1.20	$ 1.50	$ 1.70	$ 2.80	$ 3.20	P# 886a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).		93%
1980								P# 886f Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Green fluorescence	0.6%
1980								P# 886r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Replacement (J-prefix)	0.2%
1980								P# 886r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Replacement (Z-prefix)	0.2%
1980								P# 886s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen	0.11%

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	Katz Auction 147 Lot 484	17 Dec 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 1513	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 124 Lot 265	14 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 118 Lot 273	23 Mar 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 111 Lot 256	30 Jan 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 95 Lot 371	16 Sep 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 6.96 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 87 Lot 245	21 Jun 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 78 Lot 2154	1 Mar 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 38.30 (EUR 33.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 3297	30 Nov 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 52.23 (EUR 45.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 130 Lot 222	24 Jun 2024	Undetermined	XF	Unsold
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