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10 Ch'uan East Hupeh Worker's and Farmer's Bank
| Issuer | East Hupeh Worker's and Farmer's Bank |
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| Year | 1932 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Two oval vignettes side by side at centre: the left vignette shows a section of the Great Wall, while the right vignette shows a traditional Chinese city gate pavilion. The bank name 鄂東農三行銀 is inscribed in a horizontal band across the upper field, flanked by red serial numbers on both sides, and the denomination 拾串文 appears in bold Chinese characters between the two vignettes. The year 一九三二年 is printed along the lower margin, and ornamental corner devices frame the design within a bordered guilloche surround. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out in a vertical text format with dense columns of Chinese script presenting a public notice addressed to workers and farmers, explaining the purpose and use of the bank's currency. A large rectangular red seal impression is stamped at centre over the text block. The composition is enclosed within a simple ruled border with a light ornamental frame, and the issuing authority 鄂東農三行銀 together with a date appears at the lower left. |
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The East Hupeh Worker's and Farmer's Bank was one of several soviet-area financial institutions established by the Chinese Communist Party in contested Hubei province during the early 1930s, issuing local currency to fund guerrilla operations and stabilize exchange within Red Army-controlled territory. These banks operated under constant military pressure, with note production often improvised and print runs deliberately small to limit exposure if a base area fell.
1932 was a particularly precarious year — Nationalist encirclement campaigns were intensifying across the central soviet zones. Notes from this issuer rarely survived the subsequent military collapse of the region.