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1 Yuan / 1 Dollar Bank of Kiang Nau
| Issuer | Bank of Kiang Nau |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of terraced rice fields with mountains in the background, rendered in a fine engraved style. The bank name 江南銀行 (Bank of Kiang Nau) appears in Chinese characters along the upper portion, with the denomination 壹圓 (One Yuan) to the right. Red serial numbers are printed in two positions across the note, with red seal impressions at the lower center, all set against a dense blue guilloche border with the numeral 壹 repeated in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly printed in red ink, the reverse is dominated by a central panel bearing the English inscription BANK OF KIANG NAU at the top and ONE DOLLAR in bold lettering at center, flanked by the numeral 1 within ornate circular guilloche medallions on each side. Intricate lacy floral and scroll border work frames the entire composition, with a small decorative device at the lower center. |
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The Bank of Kiang Nau was a puppet institution operating under Japanese occupation authority in central China. Notes issued under these arrangements in 1945 came at the very end of Japanese control, meaning circulation was brief and redemption essentially nonexistent after surrender — surviving examples often show little wear simply because the notes became worthless before they could accumulate any.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference places this in the Specialized volume for Chinese issues, a category dense with short-lived regional banks whose paper outlasted their issuers by decades.