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995:
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951:, the Soviets started printing these banknotes as counterfeits as a part of Economic warfare against China and thus such counterfeit notes were found in Xinjiang after several border conflicts. The use of the 1953 series banknotes was halted on April 15, 1964, to be withdrawn and these banknotes were recalled completely on May 15, 1964. The 1953 series is the only series of Renminbi to include a ¥3 banknote.
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Except for the ¥3, ¥5, ¥10, ¥0.01, ¥0.02, and ¥0.05 banknotes of the 1953 series, all banknotes were recalled completely on
January 1, 1999. The use of the three ¥0.01, ¥0.02, and ¥0.05 banknotes was halted on July 1, 2003, to be withdrawn and these banknotes were recalled completely on April 1,
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banknotes was introduced on March 1, 1955. Together with the introduction of the second series, the decimal point was moved 4 places to the left. As a result, one first series ¥10,000 note is equivalent to one second series ¥1 note.
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The ¥0.01, ¥0.02 and ¥0.05 notes, introduced on July 14, 1981, can also be argued as a member of the third series because it was issued in 1981 (Third edition period).
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Though rarely used, coins of the 2nd series are still valid in the PRC, and the PBC also put new coins to the market.
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192:
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Each note has the words "People's Bank of China" as well as the denomination in the
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came over to the
Communists from Hong Kong under the blockade of the Nationalists.
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281:/ FAW Jiefang CA10 (built in China under license of ZiS) 4-Tonne Truck
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1578:
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1285:
107:
1393:
1582:
1010:
329:(built in the Soviet Union under license of the Douglas DC-3)
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The ¥3, ¥5 and ¥10 notes of 1953 series were printed in the
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285:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
16:1955 banknote issue by the People's Bank of China
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1022:
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878:Without serial number and printed in China
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1601:
1587:
1579:
1029:
1015:
1007:
1737:Banknotes of the Ta-Ching Government Bank
1055:List of Chinese cash coins by inscription
651:2nd Series Banknotes, Yuan (1956 series)
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647:
298:With serial number and printed in China
200:
114:Emblem of the People's Republic of China
34:
866:As 1953 notes, without serial number
865:
7:
798:2nd Series Banknotes (1981 series)
198:The denominations available were:
14:
1340:Manufacturing and casting process
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1722:Paper money of the Qing dynasty
1145:Paper money of the Qing dynasty
1118:Jin dynasty coinage (1115–1234)
1541:Special administrative regions
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2017:Currencies introduced in 1955
1418:Charms and amulets (Yansheng)
1108:Southern Song dynasty coinage
922:For table standards, see the
784:For table standards, see the
637:For table standards, see the
160:For table standards, see the
1198:Yuan of the Red Army Command
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786:banknote specification table
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162:coin specification table
104:Intermittent wire teeth
1967:Triple Stimulus Voucher
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1060:Ancient Chinese coinage
556:Longyuankou Bridge in
1093:Southern Tang coinage
947:. As a result of the
204:2nd Series Banknotes
1962:ROC consumer voucher
1428:Vault protector coin
1140:Qing dynasty coinage
1135:Ming dynasty coinage
1130:Yuan dynasty coinage
1098:Liao dynasty coinage
1078:Zhou dynasty coinage
844:completely recalled
697:completely recalled
250:completely recalled
47:Technical parameters
2022:Chinese numismatics
1411:Historical exonumia
1113:Western Xia coinage
1088:Xin dynasty coinage
1083:Han dynasty coinage
1037:Currencies of China
719:150 × 67.5 mm
550:160 × 72.5 mm
479:150 × 67.5 mm
451:125 × 57.5 mm
383:115 × 52.5 mm
351:100 × 47.5 mm
2007:Banknotes of China
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1001:Numismatics portal
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392:December 15, 1967
272:90 × 42.5 mm
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628:Labor and farmer
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21:second series of
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600:Unite of races
566:April 15, 1964
518:Mount Baota in
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1291:Flying cash
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1231:Knife money
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809:Dimensions
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662:Dimensions
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357:Steam ship
247:withdrawal
218:Main color
215:Dimensions
151:24 mm
136:21 mm
91:18 mm
79:withdrawal
61:Composition
50:Description
1996:Categories
1981:See also:
1941:Joss paper
1831:5th series
1774:Zhuangpiao
1566:See also:
1423:Horse coin
1378:Candareen
1259:Cash coins
959:References
154:1955-2000
139:1956-2000
118:1955-2018
1951:Taiwanese
1269:Ban Liang
1236:Ying Yuan
726:Tiananmen
486:Tiananmen
191:(but not
189:Mongolian
175:Banknotes
99:magnesium
95:Aluminium
2012:Renminbi
1933:Exonumia
1784:Renminbi
1686:Jiaochao
1497:Renminbi
1311:Jiaochao
1251:Imperial
1221:Tong Bei
1191:Hongqian
1150:Shengbao
1043:Overview
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359:Hailiao,
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224:Date of
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58:Diameter
53:Date of
23:Renminbi
1610:Chinese
1531:Digital
1396:(liǎng)
1264:Strings
1208:Ancient
821:Remark
674:Remark
562:Jiangxi
558:Yongxin
524:Shaanxi
454:Purple
279:ZIS-150
275:Yellow
227:Remark
185:Tibetan
70:Reverse
67:Obverse
41:Reverse
38:Obverse
1923:$ 1000
1786:series
1659:Guanzi
1654:Jiaozi
1499:series
1388:(qián)
1301:Guanzi
1296:Jiaozi
1274:Wu Zhu
955:2007.
934:Remark
916:¥0.05
897:¥0.02
863:¥0.01
838:issue
806:Value
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597:Brown
553:Green
520:Yan'an
423:Green
354:Green
348:¥0.05
317:¥0.02
269:¥0.01
244:issue
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209:Image
193:Zhuang
181:Uyghur
148:¥0.05
133:¥0.02
101:alloy
88:¥0.01
1918:$ 500
1912:$ 150
1906:$ 100
1664:Huizi
1443:Token
1394:Tael
1386:Mace
1380:(fēn)
1372:(wén)
1370:Cash
1306:Huizi
1286:Sycee
515:Blue
448:¥0.5
417:¥0.2
380:¥0.1
323:Blue
108:Wheat
76:issue
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1895:$ 25
1889:$ 20
1884:$ 10
1676:and
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1402:Yuan
619:¥10
482:Red
457:Dam
187:and
73:year
64:Edge
19:The
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1871:$ 1
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1813:5th
1808:4th
1803:3rd
1798:2nd
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1674:Jin
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