{"product_id":"1980-people-s-republic-of-china-mao-era-15-jiao-set-1980-paper-money","title":"1980 People’s Republic of China Mao Era 15 Jiao Minority Set Banknote","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e People’s Republic of China, issued by the People’s Bank of China. Dated 1980, released into circulation in the late 1980s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eState:\u003c\/strong\u003e Uncirculated Deadstock\/ UNC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper banknotes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approx. 1–2 g per note, around 2–4 g per set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 Jiao approx. 115 × 52 mm. 5 Jiao approx. 125 × 58 mm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet of 2 Bill, 1 \u0026amp; 5 Jiao from the People's Republic of China, 1980.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Chinese \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 Jiao and 5 Jiao banknote set\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from the People’s Republic of China, dated 1980. These were small-denomination everyday notes, the kind of money that normally would have passed through millions of hands during the late Cold War and reform-era China, but these have never been touched before. Clear Crisp 1980 bills.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe designs are classic PRC statebank style: clean socialist layout, People’s Bank of China text, national emblem with Tiananmen, and ethnic national imagery representing the many peoples of China. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e 1 Jiao\u003c\/strong\u003e shows Gaoshan and Manchu men in traditional clothing, while the \u003cstrong\u003e5 Jiao\u003c\/strong\u003e shows Miao and Zhuang girls in ethnic dress.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was the China of red banners, factory whistles, bicycles, ration era memory and the early opening up years  not ancient imperial cash, but proper communist paper money from the period when the People’s Republic was changing fast but still looked very old school socialist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small but very displayable piece of Cold War China. These notes have that perfect communist era design language: national emblem, minority peoples, People’s Bank typography, and multi-language scripts on the reverse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot expensive, but very atmospheric. Great as a starter Chinese banknote set, Cold War collector piece, world-money filler, or little “People’s Republic pocket money” item for anyone into socialist history, Asian banknotes, Mao-era aesthetics, or 1980s China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText reads in short:\u003cbr\u003e中国人民银行 (Zhōngguó rénmíng yínháng)\u003cbr\u003e壹角 （Yī jiǎo）\u003cbr\u003e1 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG\u003cbr\u003e1 1980 1\u003cbr\u003eYI JIAO\u003cbr\u003eᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ __ __ ༄༅། །ཀྲུང་གོ་མི་དམངས། མི་རྣམས།དངུལ་ཁང་། སྒོར་ཟུར་ཅིག خەلق بانكىسى __ Cuŋɓgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it gak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the minority of Goashan and Manchu pictured in both female and male front the texts are in: Manderin(Chinese), Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur(Central Asian Turkic)  and Zhuang script.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMaking this perhaps the most Far Eastern, East item available at Praporchik.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prapor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54202325860694,"sku":null,"price":3.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/7231\/6246\/files\/101_2180.jpg?v=1781541819","url":"https:\/\/www.praporchik.com\/products\/1980-people-s-republic-of-china-mao-era-15-jiao-set-1980-paper-money","provider":"Prapor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}