¥1 — One Yuan
The artwork
Front: Two young women in profile, drawn from the Yao and Dong peoples — one in a wrapped, embroidered headcloth, the others with heavy hoop and coil earrings and hair gathered high. Behind them a woven brocade panel carries the numeral 1. To the left, the People's Bank of China emblem above the bank's name in Chinese, then swallows and plum blossom in blue and rust framing 壹圓, one yuan.
Back: The Great Wall, seen running along a ridge line with watchtowers stepping up through folded, hatched mountains — the standard view from the Badaling stretch. Two red seals of the bank sit either side. Along the foot, the denomination in Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur and Zhuang script, with ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG above and YI YUAN and the year 1996 below.
In circulation
The fourth series one yuan, this variety dated 1996 and the last of the ethnic-portrait notes. The fifth series one yuan of 1999, bearing Mao Zedong, gradually took its place, and the fourth series notes were formally withdrawn from circulation on 1 May 2018, leaving only the small jiao denominations current.
Details
- IssuerPeople's Bank of China (中国人民银行 / Zhongguo Renmin Yinhang)
- CurrencyYuan (¥)
- DenominationOne Yuan
- Collectedon the China journeys, 2005–2006
- SeriesFourth series renminbi, dated 1996
- SecuritySerial number in red, two-letter prefix and eight digits (SK 29641705); intaglio portrait and Great Wall engraving
- Dimensions140 × 63 mm