Banknotes from the People's Republic of China

The People’s Republic of China (“China”) is located in Asia and is the largest country by population and by size, excluding Russia and Canada. As a country, China dates back to 2070 BC, however its current form as the People’s Republic of China was only established in 1949 after the Chinese Civil War. Succeeding the nationalist government, the communist government has ruled mainland China since. The currency of China is the Yuan, which began as a form of continuation of the nationalists’ currency. It was, however, rapidly “revaluated” soon after the establishment of the new republic, with zeroes being “cut off” from the currency. Each yuan is divided into 100 fen, or 10 jiao, with early coinage from the PRC consisting principally of aluminium 1, 2, and 5 fen pieces. These coins continue to be issued for limited usage today. Following the economic reforms of the 1970s, higher denomination coins such as 1, 2, and 5 jiao (10, 20, 50 fen), and 1 yuan coins were issued for limited circulation. The first jiao- and yuan-denominated coins to be circulated on a large-scale basis were issued in the 1990s. Today, China continues to issue the fen coins, although they are not commonly used for circulation and are extremely rare to find as it is primarily banks who use them for balancing purposes. The 1 and 5 jiao, as well as the 1 yuan coin are commonly used, however the large-size 1 jiao is generally no longer accepted.
Wikidata: Q148

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First Rénmínbì (1949-1955)

Available for swap 100 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 835, N# 234388
Available for swap 500 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 845, N# 234407
Available for swap 500 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 846, N# 234390
Available for swap 500 Yuan (6th issue)
1951

Standard banknote

P# 857, N# 234408
Available for swap 1000 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 847, N# 234409
Available for swap 1000 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 850, N# 234410
Available for swap 1000 Yuan (6th issue)
1951

Standard banknote
135 × 70 mm
P# 857A, N# 232422
Available for swap 5000 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 851, N# 234428
Available for swap 5000 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 852, N# 234429
Available for swap 5000 Yuan (5th issue)
1951

Standard banknote

P# 857B, N# 234430
Available for swap 5000 Yuan (6th issue)
1951

Standard banknote

P# 857C, N# 234431
Available for swap 5000 Yuan (7th issue)
1953

Standard banknote

P# 859, N# 234432
Available for swap 10000 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 853, N# 234433
Available for swap 10 000 Yuan
1949

Standard banknote

P# 854, N# 234434
Available for swap 10000 Yuan (6th issue)
1951

Standard banknote

P# 858, N# 234435
Available for swap 10000 Yuan (5th issue)
1951

Standard banknote

P# 858A, N# 234436
Available for swap 50000 Yuan
1950

Standard banknote

P# 855, N# 234437
Available for swap 50000 Yuan
1950

Standard banknote

P# 856, N# 234438

Second Rénmínbì (1955-date)

100 Fen = 10 Jiao = 1 Yuan renminbi

Available for swap 1 Fen
1953

Standard banknote
90 × 42 mm
P# 860, N# 204429
Available for swap 2 Fen
1953

Standard banknote
96 × 45 mm
P# 861, N# 202159

The Numista referee for banknotes of this issuer is titus17.

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