Bank of China 5 Yuan 1937 – Sun Yat-sen Portrait / Bank of China Building, Shanghai

Greenish 1937 Bank of China 5 Yuan note: obverse with Sun Yat-sen portrait at left, bank name and denomination; reverse showing the Bank of China building in Shanghai at right, denomination in center, with text including “FIVE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY” and printer Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London; watermark Temple of Heaven (Pagoda).

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Description

Issued 1937 (Republic of China Year 26) by Bank of China; printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (TDLR), London, using intaglio on cotton paper. Size approx. 156 × 79 mm. Main color: green/multicolor.

Features: Running serial numbers; no security thread reported. Withdrawn; not legal tender.

Obverse: Bank name at top, denomination “5” at center, portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (left).

Reverse: Bank name at top, denomination “5” and “FIVE YUAN NATIONAL CURRENCY” at center, Bank of China building in Shanghai (right); includes signatures (General Manager / Manager), serial numbers (e.g., CY276825 format), date 1937, and printer text.

Watermark: Temple of Heaven (Pagoda or Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests).