5000 Customs Gold Units 1948 (Front: Portrait of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925). Back: The Customs House on the Bund in Shanghai (built in 1927). Watermark: None. Security features: Running serial numbers on the front of the banknote. Predominant colour: Grey-violet. Artist: Unknown. Engraver: N/a. Signatures: Ping Liang (General Manager); Tian Yimin "Y.M. Dien" (Assistant General Manager). Security thread: None. Printing method: Intaglio. Issuer: The Central Bank of China (Established: November 1928). Date of Issue: Shanghai, 1948 = 37th year of the Republic. Withdrawn: Yes. Legal tender: No. Total issue: N/a. Material: Cotton paper. Printer: Central Printing Factory (Chinese, 5 characters))
Dimensions: 155 x 62 mm
Catalogue Number: P-361 (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications)
Texts: 行銀央中. The Central Bank of China (Zhonghuá Mínguó Zhongyang Yínháng) promises to pay the bearer on demand at its office here. 憑票即付. 圓仟伍金關. 關金伍仟圓. Wuqian haiguan huángjīn danwèi. Five Thousand Customs Gold Units. 上海. Shanghai, 1948. Republic of China. 印年七十三國民華中. 中華民國三十七年印.
Dimensions: 155 x 62 mm
Catalogue Number: P-361 (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications)
Texts: 行銀央中. The Central Bank of China (Zhonghuá Mínguó Zhongyang Yínháng) promises to pay the bearer on demand at its office here. 憑票即付. 圓仟伍金關. 關金伍仟圓. Wuqian haiguan huángjīn danwèi. Five Thousand Customs Gold Units. 上海. Shanghai, 1948. Republic of China. 印年七十三國民華中. 中華民國三十七年印.
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