Road Tripping: China
China pick 81a: 10 Yuan from 1937
1937. Green on multicolor underprint. SYS at left. Back: Skyscraper at right. Printer: TDLR. (S/M number C294-222).
China pick 84: 5 Yuan from 1940
1940. Blue on multicolor underprint. Portrait SYS at left. Back: Temple of Heaven at right. Printer: ABNC. (S/M number C294-240).
China pick 85b: 10 Yuan from 1940
1940. Red on multicolor underprint. Portrait SYS at left. Back: Temple of Heaven at right. Printer: ABNC. Serial number on face and back. (S/M number C294-241b).
China pick 339c: 1000 Customs Gold Units from 1947
1947. Gray. Brown and lilac guilloche. Portrait SYS at top center. Back: Bank building at left center.Vertical format. Chinese printer 5 characters. 2 serial number varieties.
China pick 861b: 2 Fen from 1953
1953. Dark blue on light blue underprint. Airplane at right. Arms at center on back. Roman control numerals only.
China pick 874a: 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-). Watermark: Large star and 4 small stars.
China pick 881a: 1 Jiao from 1980
1980. Brown and dark brown on multicolored underprint. Two Taiwanese men at left. Arms at center on back. Serial number prefix two letters.
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 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 FX3: 1 Yuan from 1979
1979. Deep green on multicolored underprint. Pleasure boats in lake with mountains behind at center. Watermark: star and torch.
China pick FX5a: 10 Yuan from 1979
1979. Deep blue on multicolored underprint. Yangtze Gorges at center. Watermark: star and torch.