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1 Yuan Central Bank of Manchou overprint
| Issuer | Central Bank of Manchukuo |
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| Year | 1929-1932 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan |
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| Obverse lettering | 東三省官銀號 壹圓 東三省 滿洲中央銀行 |
| Reverse description | The reverse retains the original Provincial Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces design printed in dark grey-green intaglio, with a bold central guilloche rosette surrounding the large numeral "1". The upper portion carries the English legend "PROVINCIAL BANK OF THE THREE EASTERN PROVINCES" with an additional overprint legend "CENTRAL BANK OF MANCHOU" visible at top. Below the central rosette a horizontal panel reads "ONE YUAN / NATIONAL CURRENCY" flanked by two manuscript signatures, with the issuing text "THREE EASTERN PROVINCES / NOVEMBER 1929" beneath. The imprint "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY" appears at the lower left, with Chinese denomination panels 壹圓 at each lateral margin. |
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The Central Bank of Manchukuo did not yet exist when these notes were printed. The underlying notes were issued by the Central Bank of China during the late Republican period, and the Manchukuo overprint was applied after Japan established its puppet state in Manchuria in 1932 — a makeshift solution to the immediate need for a functioning currency before new issues could be designed and printed from scratch.
The ABNC printing on the base note is the better production; the overprint itself is a rougher affair, applied locally under circumstances that were anything but orderly.