金圆券

金圓券

jīnyuánquàn

noun

Measure Word

一张金圆券 zhāng

Meanings

1 gold yuan note (currency issued by the Nationalist Government in 1948)

Characters

round / yuan (currency unit)

ticket / certificate

Examples

金圆券发行后不到一年就严重贬值。

Jīnyuánquàn fāxíng hòu bù dào yī nián jiù yánzhòng biǎnzhí.

Within less than a year of being issued, the gold yuan note suffered severe devaluation.

爷爷家里还留着几张旧金圆券。

Yéye jiā lǐ hái liú zhe jǐ zhāng jiù jīnyuánquàn.

Grandpa still keeps a few old gold yuan notes at home.

Tips

history

Issued by the Republic of China government in August 1948 to replace the collapsing fabi 法币 (fǎbì), the gold yuan note itself hyperinflated within months — by mid-1949 it was effectively worthless. Often cited as a textbook case of currency failure.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

圆 yuán

券 quàn