500 000 Yuan

500 000 Yuan - obverse500 000 Yuan - reverse

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Features

Issuer Republic of China
Issuing bank Central Bank of China (中央銀行)
Period Republic (1912-1949)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1949
Value 500 000 Yuan (500 000)
Currency Gold Yuan (1948-1949)
Composition Paper
Size 148 × 61 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
210593
References P# 424
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

Chiang Kai-Shek at right

Lettering:
行銀央中
券圓金
圓萬拾伍
廠製印央中

Translation:
Central Bank of China
Gold Yuan note
Five Hundred Thousand Yuan
Central Engraving and Printing Plant

Reverse

Municipal building, Nanking, in centre

Lettering:
The Central Bank of China
Five Hundred Thousand Gold Yuan
1949

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1949  P#424a; Printer: 5 characters
1949  P#424B; Printer: 5 characters with numeral 1
1949  P#424c; Printer: 5 characters with numeral 2
1949  P#424d; Printer: 5 characters with numeral 3
1949  P#424e; Printer: 5 characters with numeral 4
1949  P#424f; Printer: CPF-Taipei

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 000 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 500 000 Yuan
Katz
Auction 97
Lot 303
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 141.47
(EUR 131.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 000 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 500 000 Yuan
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 3250
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 207.35
(EUR 192.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 000 YuanPicture 1 of a sold 500 000 Yuan
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 319
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 212.75
(EUR 197.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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