Issued in 1980 by the People’s Bank of China, this 1 Jiao (0.1 Yuan) banknote is part of the Fourth Series of the Renminbi, featuring themes of China’s ethnic diversity. The obverse shows portraits of Gaoshan and Manchu men dressed in traditional attire. The reverse displays the National Emblem of the People’s Republic of China, with denomination inscriptions in Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang scripts.
The note is printed on cotton-based paper and measures 115 × 52 mm. It includes intaglio printing and multicolor guilloché designs, but does not have a watermark or security thread.
At its issue, it circulated along with other minor denominations and remained legal tender for decades. Cataloged under Pick number P‑881a/b.
Obverse
Gaoshan and Manchu men wearing their traditional clothing.
Design with 壹角 on the right.
Denomination in arabic numerals (1) in bottom corners.
Lettering:
中国人民银行 (Zhōngguó rénmíng yínháng)
壹角 （Yī jiǎo）
1 1
Translation:
People’s Bank of China
One Jiao
1 1
Reverse
“ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG” printed along top.
China’s emblem (Tian’anmen, the “Gate of Heavenly Peace”, the gate to the forbidden city, with 5 stars above) in the center with a large “1” on each side.
“YI JIAO” below “1” on the right side.
“People’s Bank of China” and the denomination printed along the bottom in traditional Mongolian and Tibetan scripts, Uyghur, and Zhuang.
Scripts: Chinese (traditional, seal script), Latin, Mongolian / Manchu, Old Uyghur, Tibetan
Lettering:
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG
1 1980 1
YI JIAO
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ __ __ ༄༅། །ཀྲུང་གོ་མི་དམངས། མི་རྣམས།དངུལ་ཁང་། སྒོར་ཟུར་ཅིག خەلق بانكىسى __ Cuŋɓgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it gak
Lettering (regular font):
ZHONGGUO RENMIN YINHANG
1 1980 1
YI JIAO
ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ __ __ ༄༅། །ཀྲུང་གོ་མི་དམངས། མི་རྣམས།དངུལ་ཁང་། སྒོར་ཟུར་ཅིག خەلق بانكىسى __ Cuŋɓgoz Yinzminz Yinzhaŋz it gak
Translation:
People’s Bank of China
1 1980 1
One jiao
People’s Bank of China one Jiao People’s Bank of China one Jiao People’s Bank of China one Jiao People’s Bank of China one Jiao
Features
| Issuer | People’s Republic of China |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | People’s Bank of China (中國人民銀行/中国人民银行) |
| Ruling authority | People’s Republic (1949-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1980 |
| Value | 1 Jiao (壹角) (0.1 CNY) |
| Currency | Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 115 × 52 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Issued | 22 September 1988 |
| Demonetized | 30 April 2019 |
