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10 Ch'uan Fantasy; Szechuan-Shensi Soviet Worker's and Farmer's Bank
| Issuer | Szechuan-Shensi Soviet Worker's and Farmer's Bank |
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| Year | 1933 (1933-1934) |
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| Value | 10 Ch'uan = 10 000 Cash |
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| Obverse lettering | 來起合聯級階產無界世全 府政埃維蘇省陝川 行銀 - 農工 串拾 年三三九一 (Translation: Proletarians of the world unite! Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Government Worker's and Farmer's Bank 10 Strings (Ch'uan) Year 1933) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 |
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The Szechuan-Shensi Soviet base area, established by the Fourth Red Army in late 1932, operated its own rudimentary financial infrastructure almost immediately — this cloth note is a product of that effort. Paper was scarce or unavailable in the mountainous border region, so woven fabric was used as the substrate instead. That's not a stylistic choice; it was a supply constraint.
"Fantasy" in the catalog designation flags collector skepticism about whether this specific piece saw genuine issue or was produced for propaganda, commemorative, or later reproduction purposes. The Soviet base itself was liquidated by 1935 during the Long March, leaving an authentication record that is practically nonexistent.