20 yuan RMB sees a par value that issued 1949 by Chinese people bank graph. Was on December 1, 1948 the first RMB that after Chinese people bank holds water, begins to issue, from begin to be issued stopped on May 10, 1955 current use.

According to checking: The first RMB is issued on the foundation that unites money of each revolution base area in our country. The ” of bank of “ China people on the first RMB 6 words, by chairman of government of China north people Comrade Dong Biwu at that time inscribe. Its par value has 10 yuan, 20 yuan mix 50 yuan 3 kinds of certificate are fastened, mix in China north, Shandong above all northwest 3 large liberated areas are current use.

Say according to bank clerk, this piece of par value 20 yuan RMB, be be in at that time Hua Dong liberated area the current, “ that be called by the expert one of 12 curiosa ” “ two yuan ” of thresh gain graph. Because stop current use already 51 years, reason lives a life at present very little. It witnessed the first RMB is to be below the leader of the Chinese Communist, chinese people war of liberation obtains the situation of great victory to fall, print the only way that issue to decide a money by bank of home of dependency of people government institute. Two words of “ people ” show the nature of this piece of money, it is not a certain bureaucratic capitalist or oligarch of finance of a certain finance, however national, belong to the people of the whole country.