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Chinese yuan (China usage only)


Name: Chinese yuan
Defn: 100c=1$
Symbol:
Code:
Desc: new
Units of money:
cent c 1
yuan $ 100

Users of this currency: China (1174 stamps, 1897-1949), Japanese occupation of China (52 stamps, 1941-1942), Japanese occupation of Central China (108 stamps, 1941-1945), Inner Mongolia (129 stamps, 1941-1945), Honan (83 stamps, 1941-1942), Hopei (66 stamps, 1941-1942), Shansi (68 stamps, 1941-1942), Shantung (67 stamps, 1941-1942), Supeh (15 stamps, 1941), Japanese occupation of North China (113 stamps, 1942-1945), Japanese occupation of South China (59 stamps, 1942-1945), Northeastern Provinces (72 stamps, 1946-1948), Fukien (17 stamps, 1949), Hunan (8 stamps, 1949), Hupeh (2 stamps, 1949), Kiangsi (7 stamps, 1949), Kwangsi (12 stamps, 1949), Shensi (6 stamps, 1949), Szechwan (66 stamps, 1933-1949), Tsingtau (4 stamps, 1949), Yunnan (71 stamps, 1926-1949), Manchuria (32 stamps, 1927-1929), Sinkiang (205 stamps, 1915-1949), Northeast China Liberation Area (188 stamps, 1946-1951), North China Liberation Area (117 stamps, 1946-1949), Northwest China Liberation Area (68 stamps, 1945-1949), East China Liberation Area (121 stamps, 1948-1950), Central China Liberation Area (112 stamps, 1949-1950), South China Liberation Area (23 stamps, 1949-1950), Southwest China Liberation Area (60 stamps, 1949-1950), French offices in China (15 stamps, 1922), German offices in China (20 stamps, 1905-1906), British offices in China (27 stamps, 1917-1922), Italian offices in Peking (32 stamps, 1917-1919), Italian offices in Tientsin (26 stamps, 1917-1919), Kiauchau (20 stamps, 1905-1909), Russian offices in China (28 stamps, 1917-1920), US offices in China (18 stamps, 1919-1922) Show with all usages

Denominations used by China in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2c 30   1/2/1897 issue=1897b provisional 4mm ... 1948 blgrn issue=1948f d=Sun Yatsen (1946 a) oc=car on=1947-$500-blgrn
1c 51   1/2/1897 orgred issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-1ca ... 1949 apgrn issue=1949g d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
1 1/2c 2   1919 vio d=junk (1913), 1923 vio issue=1923 d=junk (1923)
2c 44   1/2/1897 grn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-2ca ... 1949 org issue=1949g d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
2 1/2c 7   1933 roselil issue=Martyrs dt=martyrs (1932) d=Deng Keng ... 1949 grn issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) oc=blk on=issue=1949e-$50
3c 28   9/7/1909 org&bl d=Temple of Heaven (1909) ... 1948 cer issue=1948f d=Sun Yatsen (1942) oc=blk on=1943-$5-cer-Sun Yatsen (1942)
4c 39   1/2/1897 pink issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-4ca ... 1949 issue=1949f oc=blk on=type=revenue-$100
5c 52   1/2/1897 dlorg issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-5ca ... 1949 ultra issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) oc=blk on=issue=1949e-$200000
6c 5   5/5/1913 dkgray issue=1913 d=junk (1913) ... 1933 brn d=junk (1923)
7c 12   9/7/1909 org&brnvio d=Temple of Heaven (1909) ... 11/1941 olgrn issue=1941 provincial d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Chekiang oc=blk on=1938-8c-olgrn
8c 23   1/2/1897 dkbrn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-6ca ... 10/10/1941 olgrn issue=republic 30th d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3,line connected ovpt=chars oc=blk on=issue=1938-1940-8c-olgrn-Sun Yat-sen (1938)
10c 68   1/2/1897 dkgrn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-9ca ... 1949 issue=1949f oc=blk on=type=revenue-$50
13c 5   1919 brn d=harvesting rice (1913) ... 1940 yelgrn issue=1940d Martyrs secret mark wmk dt=martyrs (1932) d=Chu Chih-hsin var=joined character
15c 19   5/5/1913 brn issue=1913 d=harvesting rice (1913) ... 8/1949 d=summer palace
16c 13   1907 ol issue=1905 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=Jumping carp ... 1949 orgred issue=1949g d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
17c 4   1932 brnol issue=Martyrs dt=martyrs (1932) d=Sung Chiaojen ... 1941 ol issue=1941 d=Sun Yatsen (1941)
20c 106   8/16/1897 mar issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=carp 1897 ... 1949 bl issue=1949g d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
21c 4   12/7/1939 olbrn issue=Martyrs secret mark unwmk dt=martyrs (1932) d=Chu Chih-hsin var=joined character ... 10/10/1941 olbrn issue=republic 30th dt=martyrs (1932) d=Chu Chih-hsin var=joined character ovpt=chars oc=blk on=issue=Martyrs secret mark unwmk-21c
25c 14   1931 ultra issue=1931b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle ... 1949 orgbrn issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949) oc=blk on=issue=1949a-$100
28c 4   1941 ol issue=Martyrs secret mark unwmk dt=martyrs (1932) d=Sung Chiaojen var=joined character ... 10/10/1941 ol issue=republic 30th dt=martyrs (1932) d=Sung Chiaojen var=joined character ovpt=chars oc=blk on=issue=Martyrs secret mark unwmk-28c-Sung Chiaojen
30c 33   1/2/1897 car issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-24ca ... 1944 choc issue=1944a d=Sun Yatsen (1942) var=secret mark
33c 1   6/21/1941 ver issue=thrift d=industry & transportation & agriculture
40c 9   1932 org issue=Martyrs dt=martyrs (1932) d=Huang Xing ... 8/1949 d=bronze bull&lake
45c 5   7/1/1921 d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with bars) ... 1940 brnvio issue=1940 air b unwmk d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
50c 54   8/16/1897 yelgrn issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=carp 1897 ... 1949 issue=1949f oc=blk on=type=revenue-$50
60c 5   7/1/1921 d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with bars) ... 1940 bl issue=1940 air b unwmk d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
90c 5   7/1/1921 d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with bars) ... 1940 grayol issue=1940 air b unwmk d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
$1 49   5/1897 issue=1897i provisional d=b oc=blk on=3c-b-unissued ... 8/1/1949 d=pigeons&globe&wreath
= $1.00 1   1932 yelgrn issue=1932 airmail d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
= 1.00$ 2   1940 yelgrn issue=1940 air a wmk d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
= 100c 1   1949 dpbl issue=1949g d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
$1.50 2   1941, 1943 bl issue=1942a d=Sun Yatsen (1942)
$2 40   8/16/1897 org&yel issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=wild goose (1897) ... 5/1949 bl issue=1949i d=flying geese
= $2.00 1   1932 yelbrn issue=1932 airmail d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
= 2.00$ 2   1940 yelbrn issue=1940 air a wmk d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
$3 7   1943 yel issue=1942a d=Sun Yatsen (1942) ... 1949 issue=1949c d=aaa oc=blk on=type=revenue-$50-aaa
$4 4   1942 redbrn issue=1942a d=Sun Yatsen (1942) ... 10/10/1945 issue=Chiang Kai-shek inauguration
$5 39   5/1897 issue=1897i provisional oc=blk on=3c-unissued ... 5/1949 carrose issue=1949i d=flying geese
= $5.00 1   1932 brncar issue=1932 airmail d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
= 5.00$ 2   1940 brncar issue=1940 air a wmk d=Junkers F13 over Nankoupass with Great Wall
= 500c 1   1949 scar issue=1949g d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
$6 7   12/25/1944 dlvio issue=Kuomintang 50th ... 10/10/1945 issue=Chiang Kai-shek inauguration
$8 2   1948 ltbl issue=1948g dt=martyrs (1932) d=Huang Xing var=joined character oc=blk on=issue=Martyrs secret mark unwmk-20c
$10 31   5/5/1913 yelgrn&blk issue=1913 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913) ... 5/1949 blgrn issue=1949i d=flying geese
$15 1   1949 issue=1949c oc=blk on=type=revenue-$20
$20 49   1919 yel&blk d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913) ... 1949 viobrn issue=1949a d=Sun Yatsen (1949 redrawn)
$23 2   5/2/1946 red issue=1946 air b d=No. 433
$25 1   1949 issue=1949c oc=blk on=type=revenue-$20
27.00$ 1   10/10/1946 bl d=DC-4 over Sun Yatsen mausoleum
$30 14   1942 blkvio issue=1942d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) ... 5/1949 issue=1949h
$40 4   1943 rosered issue=1942b d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) ... 12/1945 org issue=1945d d=Sun Yatsen (1945 b)
$50 41   1942 bl issue=1942d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) ... 1949 issue=1949b d=Sun Yatsen (1949 redrawn)
$53 3   5/2/1946 graygrn issue=1946 air a
$70 6   1946 dklil issue=1944a d=Sun Yatsen (1942) var=secret mark ... 1947 redorg issue=1946b d=Sun Yatsen (1946 a)
$73 3   5/2/1946 org issue=1946 air a
$80 2   1948 car issue=1948g d=Sun Yatsen (1946 a) oc=blk on=1946-$20-car-Sun Yatsen (1946 a), 1949 issue=1949c oc=blk on=type=revenue-$50
$100 30   1943 orgbrn issue=1942b d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) ... 1949 issue=1949d oc=blk on=type=revenue-$10
= 100$ 2   5/2/1946 yelbrn issue=1946 air b d=No. 439
$150 1   1947 dkbl issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$200 16   1945 issue=savings allegory ... 5/1949 issue=1949h
= 200$ 2   5/2/1946 brncar issue=1946 air b d=No. 440
$250 5   1946 car issue=1946f d=Sun Yatsen ovpt=box at bottom oc=blk on=$5-car-Sun Yatsen-unwmk-unissued ... 5/5/1947 d=entrance to mausoleum
$300 8   10/10/1945 issue=victory ... 1949 issue=1949c d=aaa oc=blk on=type=revenue-$50-aaa
$350 1   5/5/1947 d=entrance to mausoleum
$400 2   5/5/1947 d=entrance to mausoleum, 12/16/1947 issue=post 50th
$500 18   1945 grn issue=1945a d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with roundel) ... 5/1949 issue=1949h
$700 1   1947 redbrn issue=1946b d=Sun Yatsen (1946 a)
$800 3   1946 choc issue=1946f d=Sun Yatsen (1931) ovpt=box at bottom oc=blk on=1946-$30-choc-unwmk ... 1949 carrose issue=1949a d=Sun Yatsen (1949)
$1000 17   1945 bl issue=1945a d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with roundel) ... 1949 issue=1949b d=Sun Yatsen (1949 redrawn)
$1200 1   10/25/1947 issue=Taiwan restoration 2nd
$1250 3   1947 redorg issue=1947b d=Sun Yatsen (1946 a) oc=blk on=1947-$70-redorg ... 11/5/1947 issue=post offices
$1500 1   1949 dkbl issue=1949c oc=blk on=type=revenue-$50-dkbl
$1800 3   1947 yelorg issue=1947b oc=blk on=$350-yelorg-unissued ... 11/5/1947 issue=post offices
$2000 9   1946 car issue=1946f d=Sun Yatsen (1942) var=secret mark ovpt=box at bottom oc=blk on=$5-car-unwmk ... 1949 grn issue=1949c oc=blk on=type=revenue-$300-grn
$3000 6   1945 rosered issue=1945a ... 1948 yel issue=1947b d=Sun Yatsen (1942) var=secret mark oc=blk on=1944-$3-yel
$4000 2   1948 gray issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$5000 16   1945 brn issue=1945a d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with roundel) ... 1949 car issue=1949e d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
$6000 1   1948 roselil issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$7000 1   1948 ltredbrn issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$8000 1   1948 redbrn issue=1948b oc=blk on=$700-redbrn-unissued
$10000 7   1945 lilgray issue=1945a d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with roundel) ... 1949 issue=1949b d=Sun Yatsen (1949 redrawn)
$15000 4   1948 viobrn issue=1948d d=Sun Yatsen (1942) var=secret mark oc=blk on=1944-$4-viobrn
$20000 9   1945 redorg issue=1945a d=Curtiss Jenny over Great Wall (tail with roundel) ... 4/30/1949 grn issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$40000-grn-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$30000 3   1948 brn issue=1948a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms ... 8/16/1948 issue=Steam Navigation Company 75th d=ships
$40000 3   1948 grn issue=1948a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms ... 8/16/1948 yelbrn issue=Steam Navigation Company 75th d=ship Kiang Ya
$50000 7   1947 grn&bl issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms ... 4/30/1949 brn issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$30000-brn-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$60000 2   1948 redbrn issue=1948e d=Sun Yatsen (1942) oc=blk on=1942-$4-redbrn, 8/16/1948 issue=Steam Navigation Company 75th d=ship Kiang Ya
$80000 1   1949 issue=1949b d=Sun Yatsen (1949 redrawn)
$100000 6   1948 och&olgrn issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms ... 4/30/1949 rose issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$20000-rose-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$200000 5   1948 vio&bl issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms ... 4/30/1949 bl issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$50000-bl-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$300000 2   1948 sep&orgbrn issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$500000 4   1948 prusgrn&sep issue=1947a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms ... 1949 viobrn issue=1949e d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse)
$1000000 1   1948 cl issue=1948a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$2000000 2   1948 ver issue=1948a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms, 1949 issue=1949d oc=blk on=type=revenue-$20
$3000000 1   1948 olbis issue=1948a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
$5000000 2   1948 ultra issue=1948a d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms, 1949 issue=1949d oc=blk on=type=revenue-$20

Used by 1174 stamps of China: (See all uses as list)
1/2/1897 2c lil issue=1897a provisional d=dragon (1885) ovpt=small oc=blk on=1888-3ca wmk=yin-yang perf=11.5-12
1/2/1897 1c grn issue=1897a provisional d=dragon (1885) ovpt=small oc=blk on=1888-1ca wmk=yin-yang perf=11.5-12
1/2/1897 30c car issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 10c dkgrn issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 8c purbrn issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 5c org issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 4c rose issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 2c grn issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 1c red issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 1/2c issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 1/2c orgyel issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 30c car issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-24ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 10c org issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-12ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 10c dkgrn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-9ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 10c dkbrn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-6ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 8c dkbrn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-6ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 5c dlorg issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-5ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 4c pink issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-4ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 1c orgred issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-1ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 1/2c org issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-3ca wmk=yin-yang
1/2/1897 5c grnyel issue=1897a provisional d=dragon (1885) ovpt=chars//5//cents. oc=blk on=1888-5ca wmk=yin-yang perf=11.5-12
1/2/1897 2c grn issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-2ca wmk=yin-yang
3/1897 8c dlbrn issue=1897d provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=issue=1897 Mollendorf-6ca wmk=yin-yang
3/1897 10c yelgrn issue=1897d provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=issue=1897 Mollendorf-9ca wmk=yin-yang
3/1897 10c yelorg issue=1897d provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=issue=1897 Mollendorf-12ca wmk=yin-yang
... skipping 1124 ...
1949 5c viobrn issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) oc=blk on=issue=1949e-$500000
1949 5c yelorg issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) oc=blk on=issue=1949e-$20000
1949 10c brn issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) oc=blk on=issue=1949e-$10000
1949 10c car issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949 coarse) oc=blk on=issue=1949e-$5000
1949 15c redorg issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949) oc=blk on=issue=1949a-$200
1949 25c orgbrn issue=1949k d=Sun Yatsen (1949) oc=blk on=issue=1949a-$100
special delivery 1949 redvio d=motorcycle messenger
4/30/1949 $20000 grn issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$40000-grn-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
4/30/1949 $50000 brn issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$30000-brn-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
4/30/1949 $100000 rose issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$20000-rose-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
4/30/1949 $200000 bl issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$50000-bl-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms perf=14
4/30/1949 $200000 grn issue=1949 Fukien d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=$40000-grn-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
5/1949 $30 issue=1949h
5/1949 $200 issue=1949h
5/1949 $500 issue=1949h
5/1949 $1 brnorg issue=1949i d=flying geese
5/1949 $2 bl issue=1949i d=flying geese
5/1949 $5 carrose issue=1949i d=flying geese
5/1949 $10 blgrn issue=1949i d=flying geese
5/1/1949 org d=locomotive&ship
airmail 5/2/1949 blgrn d=DC-4 (1949)
registration 7/1949 red d=mountains
8/1949 15c d=summer palace
8/1949 40c d=bronze bull&lake
8/1/1949 $1 d=pigeons&globe&wreath

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