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| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The right portion of the note carries an intaglio three-quarter portrait of Mao Zedong set against a teal and light-blue guilloche underprint, with the bank title 中国人民银行 in letterpress across the upper centre and the national emblem at upper left. To the left of the portrait, the large numeral '50' in colour-shifting ink is positioned above the Chinese characters 伍拾圆 within an ornate lotus-scrollwork vignette. A vertical column of colour-shifting security bars runs along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, rising over rocky terrain beneath a cloud-swept sky in teal and olive tones, with the upper palace section highlighted in warm ochre. The denomination '50' in colour-shifting ink appears at lower left, with '50 YUAN' and the date '2019年' at lower centre-right within a fine guilloche border. Multiscript inscriptions in Chinese romanisation, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang run across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink, Raised print |
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