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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dctjr80, post: 583204, member: 15915&quot;]Banknotes of the first yuan suffered from hyperinflation following the Second World War and were replaced in August 1948 by notes denominated in gold yuan, worth 3 million old yuan. There was no link between the gold yuan and gold metal or coins and this yuan also suffered from hyperinflation. <b>So your yuan would be worth .0335 gold yuan</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In July 1949, the Nationalist Government introduced the silver yuan, which was initially worth 500 million gold yuan (Silver yuan on Chinese wikipedia). It circulated for a few months on the mainland before the end of the civil war. This silver yuan remained the de jure official currency of the Republic government on Taiwan until 2000. <b>So now your gold yuan is worth .000000000067 silver yuan.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A new yuan was introduced in 1955 at a rate of 10,000 old yuan = 1 new yuan. It is known as the renminbi yuan. <b>Ok I am going to stop doing the math at this point and just say that the notes you have do not have the current buying power to purchase a fraction of a stick of gum</b> <b><i><u>Here is the good news, notes are also collectables</u></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an ebay link to the nearest thing to what you have that I can find.</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Central-Bank-of-China-1949-Gold-Yuan-100000-AU-Ma184_W0QQitemZ270382296738QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3432QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Central-Bank-of-China-1949-Gold-Yuan-100000-AU-Ma184_W0QQitemZ270382296738QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3432QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/Central-Bank-of-China-1949-Gold-Yuan-100000-AU-Ma184_W0QQitemZ270382296738QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3432QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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