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Obverse Description
Chinese text; factory buildings with smokestacks; farmers ploughing field with mules
Reverse Description
Chinese text; guilloches
Catalog Information
GSID:
81544
Variety:
年九四九一 / 1949 No sig Series II III I Intro: 01 04 1951
Coin Date:
1949
BNB #:
B4053a
Pick #:
P845
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Bank Note Value History
1949 年九四九一 / 1949 No sig Series II III I Intro: 01 04 1951
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1949 年九四九一 / 1949 No sig Series II III I Intro: 01 04 1951
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1948 年七十三國民華中 / 1948 No sig Series I II III No s/n Intro: 10 01 1949 PBC-15a
Worth: $20 – $1,000
Horizontal red 様票 ovpt front; series I II III
Worth: $1,400 – $1,400
1949 年八十三國民華中 / 1949 No sig Series I II III Intro: 00 08 1949 PBC-16a
Worth: $30 – $600
1949 Horizontal red hollow 張様 ovpt front/back; horizontal red # ovpt back; all-zero s/n PBC-16s
Worth: $275 – $275
1948 年七十三國民華中 / 1948 No sig Series III II IV - V VI VII Intro: 10 01 1949 PBC-26a
Worth: $30 – $2,500
Uniface front/back proof; horizontal red hollow 様票 ovpt front/back; horizontal red # ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
1948 年七十三國民華中 / 1948 No sig Series I II III - I III II Intro: 23 02 1949 PBC-27a
Worth: $30 – $900
Uniface front/back proof; horizontal red 様票 ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
1948 Horizontal red 様票 ovpt front/back; horizontal red # ovpt back; all-zero s/n PBC-27s
Worth: $250 – $250
1949 年八十三國民華中 / 1949 No sig Series I II III Intro: 00 07 1949 PBC-28a
Worth: $1,400 – $8,500
1949 Uniface front/back proof; horizontal red hollow 様票 ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n PBC-28s
Worth: $7,000 – $7,000
1949 年八十三國民華中 / 1949 No sig Series I II III Intro: 00 08 1949 PBC-29a
Worth: $25 – $500
Uniface front/back proof; horizontal red hollow 様票 ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
1949 Horizontal red hollow 様票 ovpt front; all-zero s/n PBC-29s
Worth: $400 – $400
年八十三國民華中 / 1949 No sig Unissued Unconfirmed
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