Renminbi
Renminbi: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- CNY
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Where this money came from
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This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.
No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The first RMB series was issued on 1 December 1948. [1]
Second-series RMB began on 1 March 1955 at one new yuan per 10, 000 old yuan. [2]
Turning points
Redenominated as
RMB scale change from 1 March 1955. [2]
Sources and evidence
- State Council information republished by Hong Kong Liaison Office (2014) · 中国货币 [Chinese currency] C113 ↗
- State Council information republished by Hong Kong Liaison Office (2014) · 中国货币 [Chinese currency] C114 ↗
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“Renminbi.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000459.html