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Auction: CSS92B - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 1285

People's Bank of China, a partially hand painted essay for an unadopted design of 2 yuan, 1973, "Wang Jinxi", “Wang Jinxi – The Iron Man”

A socialist hero in the early days of the People's Republic who led the 1205 drilling team in the Daqing Oil Field. His work lead to Daqing becoming China's first rate big oilfield in 3 years. The successful extraction of the oil field came at a time of fuel shortages. Subsequently he was promoted and later became a hero figure. Notably he was known to have jumped into a mud pool blocking a blowout with his body,
(Pick unlisted), PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated, previously mounted. Less than 5 designs with Wang Jinxi has ever been seen in the market, making it one of the most important and pinnacle piece in the history of PRC banknotes.
Note this particular piece is in line with the theme of the political idea and culture influence at that time shown on the later issued 1975 series. Each hand painted designs are done by prominent artists at that time, which are then given to the printing press to add in banknote features. The design then had to go through several vigorous stages to formally become issued notes that we see. As time goes by, the uncovering of these historical documents allows us to see a glimpse of the complex and interesting process of creating a banknote.


1973年中國人民銀行未發行2元正面單色試印手繪圖，為未經採納之鐵人「王進喜」設計，王進喜是中共建國初期的社會主義英雄，曾領導大慶油田1205鑽井隊，使大慶在三年內成為中國一流的大油田，緩和當時燃料短缺的危機。王進喜曾跳進泥漿池，用身體攪拌泥漿壓井噴，被稱為「鐵人」。隨後他得到提拔，成為英雄人物。 此試印稿與本公司於2021年成功拍出的2元王進喜手繪圖及黑白單色試印圖屬同一系列，印証了此獨特設計的確有曾被考慮納入正式發行的程序。 評PMG 63，王進喜鈔票的設計圖迄今流傳記錄不足5枚，乃中華人民共和國鈔票史上首屈一指的珍罕品。 饒富趣味的設計，與後來1975年的主題一致。早期人民幣紙鈔的設計是由印鈔廠和國內知名美術學院大師合作，配合當時的政治思想和文化，初由手繪形式創作，各版別都出自不同大師手筆，創作稿經修改後，再加入人民幣的格式，調整完成後呈交主管及審核部門，經採納後就成定稿，再以此為基礎作出潤飾。人民幣的初始印製是單色試印，再逐步試色打樣，經過多種加工完成，最終成為完整的流通票。鈔票上的人物展現了英勇氣概及光輝形象。隨著時間的流逝，當年列作機密的史料檔案將逐漸浮現於世

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HK$280000