Credit currency, the practice of stamping, has been issuing silver tickets since ancient times, just like the previous feudal dynasties. One of the anti-counterfeiting measures is stamping. This silver ticket is true and valid, and one of the conditions is that it must be stamped by the bank. The official silver ticket has an official seal. Silver tickets issued by private banks also have bank seals. In modern times, in addition to RMB, some commemorative banknotes issued by major domestic banks, such as aerospace coins, all have the seal of "President's Seal".
There are seals on paper money, not only in China, but also in other countries in the world. In addition to China, some countries greatly influenced by China also use the seal of China. Including Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Up to now, Japan has been stamping Chinese characters on paper money. North Korea and South Korea have been very popular in China in recent decades. North Korea's approach is relatively simple, directly canceling the seal on the paper money. South Korea changed the Chinese characters in the seal into Korean.
In addition, China's RMB is stamped and signed by most western countries. Someone once asked, why is our country not a signatory? Someone actually replied because the president's signature was so ugly. This is very interesting. When it comes to the level of calligraphy, we can throw out dozens of western countries. Who of the older generation, especially senior intellectuals, has not written superb calligraphy? Seal and signature, there is no difference in essence, both give credit to paper money. We use seals because of the tradition handed down.
Western countries use signatures because they have no tradition of seals at all. So whether you use a seal or a signature. There is no difference in essence. The meaning is the same: the national government gives this kind of paper money credit, which has universal equivalent value. The "Governor's Seal" on the RMB represents the credit of the People's Bank of China and the country. Although it is only a small seal, it can be said that it is of great significance.