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CHINA / EMPIRE - BANKNOTE: 10 GREEN YUAN 1937 "BANK OF CHINA". Effigy of Sun Yat Sen - reverse: sky scraper - SPL

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CHINA / EMPIRE - BANKNOTE: 10 GREEN YUAN 1937 "BANK OF CHINA". Effigy of Sun Yat Sen - reverse: sky scraper - SPL

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