10 Copper Coins Tsihar Hsing Yeh Bank

The Tsihar Hsing Yeh Bank was a regional institution operating out of Qiqihar, then the capital of Heilongjiang province, during the warlord period — a time when dozens of provincial and municipal banks issued their own paper currency with little coordination and even less redemption reliability. Notes denominated in copper coins rather than yuan or silver were a deliberate concession to local commerce, where small copper cash remained the practical medium for daily transactions.

Printing at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Peking gives this note better technical pedigree than many contemporaries from the same region, which were often produced by local lithographers with inconsistent results.