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50 Yuan
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 50 Yuan (50元, 伍拾圆) |
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| Obverse lettering | 中国人民银行 50 50 伍拾圆 50 毛泽东 1893-1976 (Translation: People's Bank of China Fifty Yuan Mao Zedong 1893-1976) |
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| Protection description | Bust of Mao Zedong; embedded security thread with microprinted text; numeral '50' at lower left of obverse; microprinted dot pattern at centre-left of obverse |
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The 2005 series — known in Chinese numismatic circles as the 2005年版 — introduced several upgraded security features across all denominations following a sustained period of high-quality counterfeiting that had plagued the fourth series RMB through the 1990s. The 50 yuan was among the more targeted denominations, and the shift to colour-shifting ink on this note was a direct policy response.
P#906 superseded the fourth-series 50 yuan while the older notes remained legal tender — a deliberate overlap strategy the People's Bank maintained to ease transition without forcing rapid withdrawal.