China 1 Yuan Banknote (1937) – Bank of China, Sun Yat-sen Portrait

Description

Issued 1937 by Bank of China; blue intaglio print on cotton paper by Thomas De La Rue (London).

• Front: Sun Yat-sen portrait (left).
• Back: Shanghai Bund view (left to right: Peace Hotel, tall Old Bank of China Building, Yokohama Specie Bank Building – now Shanghai Textile Holding).
• Watermark: Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (Temple of Heaven, Beijing).
• Features: Running serials, watermark (no thread); signatures Song Hanzhang & Tsuyee Pei. Withdrawn; not legal tender.