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Imasnore Valued Member Canada 360 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 06:15 am I think I know more about the airplane than this banknote. It is UNC very small, 3.25 x 1.75 inches or 35 mm x 95 mm, can not read chinese characters, logo on back 5 stars (Onr large 4 smaller) in a wreath hints to me Chinese Republic. Any other help ? Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 07:08 am Yep, it's Communist China (Mainland) 5 fen, 1953 series. Printed by the billions. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 07:22 am I think the airplane is a DC2 (not a DC3) During the war as an emergency, a DC 1/2 was built in China, from recovered crash parts. It had a DC2 wing on one side, and a DC3 wing on the other. It flew! I should imagine that it would have flown rather asymetrically (permant yaw). Report this Post to the Staff
augsburger Pillar of the Community Germany 1064 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 08:35 am The stick through a box is Zhong (said Jong in Mandarin and Tong I think in Cantonese) with the box with a stick with three horizontal branches (which is Guo) is Zhongguo means China. The next is possibly a 1, that is as far as my Chinese goes. Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 11:53 am Quote: Yep, it's Communist China (Mainland) 5 fen, 1953 series. Printed by the billions. It's actually the 2 fen banknote. The 5 fen banknote has a picture of a steamship. Quote: I think the airplane is a DC2 (not a DC3) According to this Chinese article, the plane is a Soviet Union built "Li 2" (e‡Œ2). Quote: The stick through a box is Zhong (said Jong in Mandarin and Tong I think in Cantonese) with the box with a stick with three horizontal branches (which is Guo) is Zhongguo means China. The next is possibly a 1, that is as far as my Chinese goes. The translation is "People's Bank of China" (zhong guo ren min yin hang). Gary Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 7:52 pm Quote: It's actually the 2 fen banknote. The 5 fen banknote has a picture of a steamship. [headslap] That'll teach me to answer banknote questions from memory. The 1, 2 and 5 fen notes all look similar, just with different colours and different modes of transport depicted. Comparison pic. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
15turtles New Member Canada 23 Posts	Posted 02/18/2012 9:10 pm äºŒåˆ† or two fen (a fen is a cent plural and singular) these are very common for sale in chinese markets, u get them pretty cheap (a couple yuan? maybe less depending on time) the truly rare ones of this series is the one fen with serialized numbers not only 2-3 roman numerals, these notes (1 fen, 2 fen, 5 fen) were part of the 3rd RMB set (1953 ironically the same year as when queen elizabeth II was coronated :D) however, they aren't all printed in 1953, the exact year is almost impossible to tell. the chinese characteurs are translated into: (top) ä¸å›½äººæ°'e"¶è¡Œ=the peoples bank of china (middle-left) äºŒåˆ† in traditional chinese though, translates into Two Cents (or fen), (bottom) ä¸€ä¹äº"ä¸‰å¹´ = year 1953. the one fen has a truck on it, it is yellowish brown and a uncirculated one is fairly cheap, the two fen the one you have above is the most expense out the the 3 and it is app.5 yuan, the five fen is somewhat cheap maximun 10 yuan in BU condition. helpful? Report this Post to the Staff
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