1 Yuan Central Bank of China

Features

Issuer	Republic of China
Issuing bank	Central Bank of China (中央銀行)
Period	Republic (1912-1949)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	25 (1936)
Calendar	Chinese republican
Value	1 Yuan = 1 Dollar
Currency	Yuan (1912-1948)
Composition	Paper
Size	151 × 75 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 214384
References	P# 212 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Sun Yat-sen at left.

Lettering:
行銀央中
圓壹
印年五十二國民華中
司公鈔印羅納德

Translation:
The Central Bank of China
One Yuan
Printed in the 25th year of the Republic of China
De La Rue Printing Company

Reverse

Avenue and Gateway to the Kong Family Cemetery, Temple, and Tomb of Confucius.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA
ONE YUAN
NATIONAL CURRENCY
1936
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON

Watermark

Sun Yat-sen.

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

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Date	G	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
25 (1936)			$ 12	$ 12	P#212a; Signature 5.	68%
25 (1936)					P#212b; Signature 8.	9%
25 (1936)	$ 5.50	$ 6.90	$ 7.80	$ 8.10	P#212c; Signature 9.	28%

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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 1436	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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