Central Bank of China 1930 50 Customs Gold Units 329 UNC

Central Bank of China 1930 50 Customs Gold Units  329 UNC

Features

Obverse

Sun Yat-Sen with seals below guilloche

Lettering:
行銀央中
海上
付即票憑
關
金
伍
拾
圓
印年九十國民華中
司公票鈔國美

Translation:
Central Bank of China
Shanghai
Pay on Demand
Fifty Customs Gold Units
Printed in the 19th year of the Republic of China
American Bank Note Company

Reverse

Central Bank of China building, Shanghai
Signatures at bottom

Lettering:
The Central Bank of China
Promises to Pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here
Fifty Customs Gold Units
Shanghai, 1930
American Bank Note Company

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa,New York, United States (1795-date)

Comments

This issue was primarily used to facilitate customs payments, but during and after World War II the notes were used for general circulation. The 1930 issue was printed into the 1940s.

Colour: Purple
Security feature: blue, red and yellow spots on the paper