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1 Yuan Chinese Soviet Republic Bank of Hunan-Kwangsi Province "Canton"
| Issuer | Bank of the Chinese Soviet Republic, Hunan-Kwangsi Province Branch |
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| Year | 1933 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a globe encircled by two confronting dragons, printed in red on a pale ground with floral corner ornaments. The denomination 壹 (one) appears at right, with 角 at left, and a two-line Chinese legend across the top. A handwritten signature crosses the lower half of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华苏维埃共和国银行湘赣省百顿分行 拾角兑银圆壹 |
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The Bank of the Chinese Soviet Republic operated through a network of provincial branches, each issuing notes with local authority but theoretically unified under the Jiangxi Soviet's central financial structure. The Hunan-Kwangsi branch was one of the more peripheral operations, functioning in contested territory where Nationalist blockades severely restricted the flow of goods and silver — conditions that made even small-denomination notes politically loaded instruments of parallel governance.
"Canton" here refers to the Cantonese romanization convention used in the note's labeling, not to the city of Guangzhou. A persistent source of cataloging confusion.