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50 Yuan without YUAN
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Right-center intaglio portrait of Mao Zedong in three-quarter view, with his dates '毛泽东 1893-1976' inscribed below. To the left, the large denomination numeral '50' appears above the Chinese characters '伍拾圆' and a chrysanthemum vignette in dark underprint. The national emblem of the People's Republic of China is positioned at upper left, with the bank title '中国人民银行' across the top in a green guilloche field. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, rendered in fine line engraving against a green and multicolor guilloche underprint with cloud and landscape detail. The denomination '50' appears at upper left and lower left corners, with the year '1999年' at lower center. A band of multilingual inscriptions runs across the upper portion of the note above the palace vignette. |
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| Protection description | Bust of Mao Zedong; embedded security thread |
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