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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Central Bank of China (行銀央中) series of China National Banks in the World Currency contains 757 distinct entries with CPG® values between $1.00 and $70,000.00. The Central Bank of China (CEN) was authorized in 1923 by the administration of Sun

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Central Bank of China (行銀央中) series of China National Banks in the World Currency contains 757 distinct entries with CPG® values between $1.00 and $70,000.00.

The Central Bank of China (CEN) was authorized in 1923 by the administration of Sun Yat-sen, and officially opened in Guangzhou in 1924 with Song Ziwen as governor. Initial issues were regional, circulating out of branches located in the south of the country. Following the success of the Northern Expedition, in October 1928 the role of the central bank of the Republic of China, then held by the Bank of China (B1001), was taken over by what was officially considered to be a new financial entity, coincidentally also named the Central Bank of China, and headquartered in Nanjing. The older Guangzhou-based Central Bank of China continued to issue notes for some years, the different signature combinations for B3024 - B3030 are relics of this situation. In this catalog, we consider the two financial entities named the Central Bank of China to be the same for the purposes of numbering. In November 1928, the Central Bank of China’s headquarters shifted again, this time to Shanghai.

The Central Bank of China issued more types of banknote than any issuer in numismatic history. In the first 20 years or so of its existence, the bank emitted notes at an average pace, but after 1942, when it became the sole national note-issuing bank in China, and war, foreign occupation, and communist uprisings conspired to destroy the economy and produce massive inflation, the bank emitted a huge variety of different banknotes at a furious pace: some 224 different types between 1941 and 1949, the vast majority of which were singularly uninspired in the their design, merely featuring a portrait of Sun Yat-sen or Chiang Kai-shek.

After Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China in October 1949, the defeated Kuomintang fled to Taiwan in December 1949, taking the Central Bank of China with them. In 2000, the English name of the Central Bank of China was changed to the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and it was granted sole rights to banknote issuance in Taiwan. For later issues, see Taiwan (B501).

For other Central Bank of China issues, see French Indo-China (B351) and Taiwan (B497).

For more information, visit www.cbc.gov.tw.

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 Sig 2a: Zhou/Huang Prefix F Confirmed place of issue: 00
Value Range: $20.00 - $80.00
$20.00 - $80.00

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 Sig 2b: Zhou/Huang Prefix B - D Confirmed place of issue: CT
Value Range: $15.00 - $60.00
$15.00 - $60.00
 Sig 3: Zhou/Unknown Prefix F, G Confirmed place of issue: 00
Value Range: $15.00 - $60.00
$15.00 - $60.00

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 Sig 2b: Zhou/Huang Prefix none Confirmed place of issue: CT
Value Range: $120.00 - $500
$120.00 - $500
 Sig 2b: Zhou/Huang Prefix none Confirmed place of issue: CT
Value Range: $2.50 - $10.00
$2.50 - $10.00

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 Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts back; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts back; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00

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 s/n front Suffix EN - FP Confirmed place of issue: SH
Value Range: $2.00 - $7.50
$2.00 - $7.50
 Blue sig Suffix AN - AX Confirmed place of issue: SH
Value Range: $2.00 - $30.00
$2.00 - $30.00
 Engraved sig Suffix BB Confirmed place of issue: SH
Value Range: $2.00 - $30.00
$2.00 - $30.00
 Sig 8: Yang/Li Suffix none; prefix J - L Confirmed place of issue: SH
Value Range: $100.00 - $100.00
$100.00 - $100.00
 s/n back Suffix E - J Confirmed place of issue: SH
Value Range: $2.00 - $9.00
$2.00 - $9.00
 Overprint Type B Prefix none, C - Z; prefix/suffix A/D - A/U
Value Range: $60.00 - $6,000
$60.00 - $6,000
 Overprint Type B Prefix none, A - G
Value Range: $4.50 - $70.00
$4.50 - $70.00
 Sig 11: Li/Li Suffix O/L, O/S
Value Range: $9.00 - $140.00
$9.00 - $140.00
 Red DLR oval ovpt front; no sig ; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $4.50
$1.00 - $4.50
 Red DLR oval ovpt front; no sig ; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.50 - $5.50
$1.50 - $5.50
 No sig Suffix W/I, W/M
Value Range: $2.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $8.00
 Red DLR oval ovpt front; no sig ; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $2.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $8.00
 Sans serif s/n font Prefix D/H - L/J
Value Range: $3.00 - $50.00
$3.00 - $50.00
 Sig 10: Tian/Li Prefix H/I - M/A
Value Range: $2.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $8.00
 Sig 15a: Tian/Li Prefix D/O, D/Z
Value Range: $2.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $8.00
 Sans serif s/n font Prefix A/X - F/S
Value Range: $2.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $8.00
 Sig 11: Li/Li Prefix E/S - F/P
Value Range: $1.00 - $5.00
$1.00 - $5.00
 Sig 14: Huang/Li Unconfirmed
Value Range: $1.00 - $5.00
$1.00 - $5.00
 No sig Prefix F/T
Value Range: $1.00 - $5.00
$1.00 - $5.00
 Sig 10: Tian/Li Prefix C/U - D/K
Value Range: $1.50 - $6.50
$1.50 - $6.50
 Sig 14: Huang/Li Prefix E/P - F/K
Value Range: $1.50 - $6.50
$1.50 - $6.50
 Sig 15a: Tian/Li Prefix F/D
Value Range: $1.50 - $6.50
$1.50 - $6.50
 No sig; no s/n
Value Range: $90.00 - $1,500
$90.00 - $1,500
 No sig Prefix F
Value Range: $8.00 - $120.00
$8.00 - $120.00
 Engraved green Sig 16a: Li/Li Prefix H/U - J/R
Value Range: $6.00 - $100.00
$6.00 - $100.00
 No sig Prefix F/D
Value Range: $2.00 - $7.00
$2.00 - $7.00
 年十三國民華中 / 1941 Sig 16a: Li/Li Prefix A/B - U/B
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 No s/n
Value Range: $1.50 - $6.00
$1.50 - $6.00
 Variable-weight Type B s/n Prefix N - R, AH - BM
Value Range: $8.00 - $110.00
$8.00 - $110.00
 Variable-weight Type A s/n Prefix AA
Value Range: $8.00 - $110.00
$8.00 - $110.00
 Sig 15a: Tian/Li Prefix BA - EY
Value Range: $10.00 - $300
$10.00 - $300
 年二十三國民華中 / 1943 Sig 15a: Tian/Li Prefix AA - CM
Value Range: $12.00 - $200.00
$12.00 - $200.00
 Sig 10: Tian/Li Prefix C/W - D/T
Value Range: $20.00 - $350
$20.00 - $350
 Sig 14: Huang/Li Prefix D/Z - K/E
Value Range: $1.00 - $18.00
$1.00 - $18.00
 Sig 15a: Tian/Li Prefix I/H - J/P
Value Range: $1.00 - $18.00
$1.00 - $18.00
 Prefix larger than 2 8-mm tall s/n Prefix BS - DA
Value Range: $4.50 - $70.00
$4.50 - $70.00
 Prefix smaller than 4 6-mm tall s/n Prefix BS - DG
Value Range: $6.00 - $100.00
$6.00 - $100.00
 No ovpt; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $2.50 - $10.00
$2.50 - $10.00
 Sig 14: Huang/Li Prefix 1/A - 4/M
Value Range: $2.00 - $7.50
$2.00 - $7.50
 No ovpt; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 No s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 No ovpt; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 Black DLR oval ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $2.00 - $30.00
$2.00 - $30.00
 年四十三國民華中 (1945) Sig 15b: Tian/Li Prefix AC - BA
Value Range: $2.50 - $100.00
$2.50 - $100.00
 年四十三國民華中 (1945) Sig 15b: Tian/Li Prefix A - Q
Value Range: $6.00 - $100.00
$6.00 - $100.00
 Sig 18b: Chen/Liang Prefix W, AL - CB
Value Range: $35.00 - $575
$35.00 - $575
 Sans serif s/n font Prefix G/M
Value Range: $4.50 - $70.00
$4.50 - $70.00
 Horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 Uniface front/back proof; no ovpt; no s/n; selvage
Value Range: $2.50 - $40.00
$2.50 - $40.00
 年四十三國民華中 (1945) Sig 15b: Tian/Li Prefix BD - CT
Value Range: $5.00 - $200.00
$5.00 - $200.00
 年六十三國民華中 (1947) Sig 18b: Chen/Liang Prefix AK - MU
Value Range: $10.00 - $150.00
$10.00 - $150.00
 年四十三國民華中 (1945) Sig 15b: Tian/Li Prefix AJ
Value Range: $1.50 - $25.00
$1.50 - $25.00
 Blue and pink; no ovpts; no s/n
Value Range: $20.00 - $350
$20.00 - $350
 Brown; no ovpts; no s/n
Value Range: $20.00 - $325
$20.00 - $325
 Purple and green; no ovpts; no s/n
Value Range: $8.00 - $120.00
$8.00 - $120.00
 No ovpt; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $15.00 - $250.00
$15.00 - $250.00
 Printer: 司公刷印業大 (Daye Printing) Prefix NZ
Value Range: $3.00 - $50.00
$3.00 - $50.00
 Sig 9: Huang/Li Prefix G - N Confirmed place of issue: SH
Value Range: $5.00 - $120.00
$5.00 - $120.00
 Red DLR oval ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 年七十三國民華中 / 1948 Series 1-A - 3-B
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 年七十三國民華中 / 1948 Series 52-B - 83-B
Value Range: $4.00 - $60.00
$4.00 - $60.00
 Monochrome proof; no ovpt; no s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 3 5-mm tall s/n Prefix FV - HL
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 3 3-mm tall s/n Prefix/suffix TC/A - ZK/A
Value Range: $1.00 - $15.00
$1.00 - $15.00
 3 9-mm tall s/n Prefix CC - CV
Value Range: $2.00 - $30.00
$2.00 - $30.00
 年七十三國民華中 (1948) Sig 17a: Tian/Liang Prefix CZ
Value Range: $6.00 - $100.00
$6.00 - $100.00
 年六十三國民華中 (1947) Sig 17a: Tian/Liang Prefix A/H
Value Range: $10.00 - $150.00
$10.00 - $150.00
 Printer: 司公刷印業大 (Daye Printing) Prefix KV - LD
Value Range: $1.00 - $16.00
$1.00 - $16.00
 1945 Sig 21: Li/Yu Prefix AB - ZT Intro: 1948
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 Sig 22: Liang/Yu Prefix EM - WL
Value Range: $2.50 - $10.00
$2.50 - $10.00
 Sig 21: Li/Yu Prefix Z, AC - XB
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $5.00 - $75.00
$5.00 - $75.00
 1945 Sig 21: Li/Yu Prefix none, A Intro: 1948
Value Range: $1.00 - $20.00
$1.00 - $20.00
 Sig 22: Liang/Yu Prefix R - V
Value Range: $1.50 - $25.00
$1.50 - $25.00
 1945 Sig 21: Li/Yu Prefix none Intro: 1948
Value Range: $1.50 - $25.00
$1.50 - $25.00
 Sig 22: Liang/Yu Prefix C - W, FA - JA
Value Range: $1.50 - $25.00
$1.50 - $25.00
 No s/n
Value Range: $2.00 - $8.00
$2.00 - $8.00
 Red TDLR SPECIMEN oval front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1.00 - $12.00
$1.00 - $12.00
 Red TDLR SPECIMEN oval front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $100.00 - $1,600
$100.00 - $1,600
 1949 Sig 25: Gao/Liu Prefix AG - FV
Value Range: $1.00 - $12.00
$1.00 - $12.00
 1949 Sig 25: Gao/Liu Prefix AC - DF
Value Range: $4.50 - $70.00
$4.50 - $70.00
 1949 Sig 25: Gao/Liu Prefix AA
Value Range: $6.00 - $100.00
$6.00 - $100.00
 1949 No sig Prefix P - S Confirmed place of issue: CK
Value Range: $18.00 - $275
$18.00 - $275
 1949 No sig Prefix none, B Confirmed place of issue: CK
Value Range: $140.00 - $2,200
$140.00 - $2,200
 1949 No sig Prefix D Confirmed place of issue: CK
Value Range: $10.00 - $150.00
$10.00 - $150.00

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