2 Yuan

2 Yuan - obverse2 Yuan - reverse

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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 banknote
Years 1980-1990
Value 2 Yuan (2元, 貳圓) (2 CNY)
Currency Second Rénmínbì (1955-date)
Composition Paper
Size 143 × 63 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 2019
Number
N#
204456
References P# 885
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Dark olive-green on multicolour underprint.
Uygur and Yi youths at right. Coat of arms at upper left. Stylized birds in underprint at centre. Braille dots at lower left.

Script: Chinese

Lettering:
中国人民银行

貳圆

Translation: The People's Bank of China, Two Yuan

Reverse

Pillar of South Heaven in the South China Sea.

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 YINHANG
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ ཀྲུང་གོམི་མི་རྣམས་དངུལ་ཁང་། جۇڭگو خەلق بانكىسى ئىككى يۈەن Cuŋhgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz sog mənz
ER YUAN

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

Translation: The People's Bank of China, Two Yuan

Watermark

Pu coin (pant-shaped), repeated

2 Yuan -  obverse

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Date G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1980  $ 0.36 $ 1.10 $ 2.10 $ 3.50 $ 4.90 36% P#885a. Engraved back
1980  0.6% P#885af. Fluorescent variety
1980  0.15% P#885s. Specimen
1990  $ 0.68 $ 0.68 $ 0.68 $ 1.70 $ 1.70 66% P#885b. Lithographed back
1990  1.6% P#885bf. Fluorescent variety

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 2 Yuan
Katz
Auction 91
Lot 1722
Internet Archive
8 Aug 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 8.63
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
Picture 1 of a sold 2 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 2 Yuan
Katz
Auction 78
Lot 2153
Internet Archive
1 Mar 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 26.96
(EUR 25.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 2 Yuan
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 3296
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 45.29
(EUR 42.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
Picture 1 of a sold 2 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 2 Yuan
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 904
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 7.55
(EUR 7.00)
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