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1 Fen Anhwei Regional Bank
| Issuer | Anhwei Regional Bank |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on white paper, the obverse is dominated by a large central floral guilloche rosette bearing the denomination 壹分 (1 Fen) in Chinese characters. The bank name 安徽地方銀行 (Anhwei Regional Bank) is inscribed across the top, with four corner lobes each carrying the denomination 壹分. Two manuscript-style signature columns appear flanking the central vignette, one on each side, identifying the two signatories in Chinese script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in pale pink and red, centered on a large multi-lobed floral guilloche rosette with intricate lathe-work patterning. The denomination characters 分 and 壹 appear in the left and right lobes respectively, flanking the central serial number panel. The printer's imprint 上海東亞書局 (Shanghai Dongya Book Company) appears in small characters along the lower margin. |
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The Anhwei Regional Bank was one of several provincial institutions established by the Nationalist government to handle local currency needs as Japanese military pressure on eastern China intensified through the mid-1930s. By the time this note was printed in 1937, Shanghai itself was months away from full Japanese occupation — the Dongya press would have been operating under conditions that deteriorated rapidly after the August fighting around the city.
Small-denomination fractional notes like this one circulated heavily and wore out fast. Surviving examples in any reasonable condition are genuinely uncommon for that reason alone.