FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - ASIA:
China
China pick 73a: 10 Yuan from 1934
Oct. 1934. Dark green. Shepherd, sheep at center. Back: Great Wall, pavilion at right. Printer: TDLR. TIENTSIN. (S/M number C294-194).
China pick 118p: 10 Yuan from 1914
1.10.1914. Maritime Customs building, streetcar at center. Back: Ship at dockside, steam passenger train at center. Printer: ABNC. With various overprints. SHANGHAI. Red and multicolor. Shanghai in black with red signature seals. (S/M number C126-115a).
China pick 460: 50 Cents from 1936
1936. Blue. Agricultural occupations at left and right. Back: Hillside pagoda at center, goat head at right. Printer: TDLR. (S/M #C290-40).
China pick 531b: 1 Yuan from 1931
1931. Purple and multicolor. Running horse at center. 2 signature varieties. Back: Bank building at center. Printer: ABNC. With various numerical, letter and Chinese character overprints. Shanghai on face; SHANGHAI on back. (S/M #C291-10a).
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China pick 874c: 1 Yuan from 1960
1960. Red-brown and red-violet on multicolor underprint. Woman driving tractor at center. Back: Arms at right. (S/M number C284-). Serial number prefix: 2 Roman numerals.
China pick 884g: 1 Yuan from 1996
1996. Brown-violet on multicolored underprint. Dong and Yao youths at right. Great Wall at center on back. Black serial number. Lithographed. Watermark: stars. Arms at upper left, stylized birds in underprint at center, dot patterns for poor of sight at lower left or right on face.
China pick 885a: 2 Yuan from 1980
1980. Dark olive-green on multicolored underprint. Hyger and Ye Yien youths at right. Rocky shoreline of South Sea on back. Watermark: ancient Pu (pants) coin repeated. Engraved back. Arms at upper left, stylized birds in underprint at center, dot patterns for poor of sight at lower left or right on face.
China pick 886a: 5 Yuan from 1980
1980. Dark brown on multicolored underprint. Old Tibetan man and young Islamic woman at right. Yangtze Gorges on back. Watermark: ancient Pu (pants) coin repeated. Arms at upper left, stylized birds in underprint at center, dot patterns for poor of sight at lower left or right on face.
China pick 887a: 10 Yuan from 1980
1980. Black on blue and multicolored underprint. Elder Han and youthful Mongolian man at right. Mountains on back. Watermark: young Mongolian man. Arms at upper left, stylized birds in underprint at center, dot patterns for poor of sight at lower left or right on face.
China pick 891: 50 Yuan from 1999
1999. 50th Anniversary of the Revolution. Red on multicolored underprint. Mao Tse-tung delivering a speech. Five pigeons in flight, carvings to left and right on back.
China pick 910: 100 Yuan from 2015
28.11.2015. Blue on multicolored underprint. Shenzhou-9 capsule docking with the Tiangong-1 space lab. Back: satellite reminiscent of Chang'e 1 lunar satellite. Printer: China Banknote Printing and Minting.
China pick 921: 20 Yuan from 2025
2025. Commemorative banknote: "Year of the Snake." Red, black and green on pink and violet underprint. Vertical format polymer banknote with stylized snake at top center. Back: three children hanging up a banner at center.
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China pick 922: 20 Yuan from 2026
2026. Commemorative banknote: "Year of the Horse" Red, black and green on pink and violet underprint. Vertical format polymer banknote with stylized horse at top center. Back: three children playing with instruments at bottom center.
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China pick S2997a: 5 Dollars from 1929
1929. Brown and multicolor. Phoenix and horse facing above globes. Back: Brown. Printer: ABNC. (S/M #Y67-2). Issued note.