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10 Coppers Fukien-Chekiang-Kiangsi Soviet Bank
| Issuer | Fukien-Chekiang-Kiangsi Soviet Bank |
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| Year | 1932 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress print on cream paper with a simple rectangular border. Chinese characters reading 拾枚 (10 coppers) and 銅元 appear prominently on the left and right, with the bank name 新贛閩蘇維埃銀行 inscribed across the upper panel. A central vignette bears a five-pointed Soviet star overprinted in red, with a handwritten serial number below in red ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | 新贛閩蘇維埃銀行 拾枚 銅元 |
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The Fukien-Chekiang-Kiangsi Soviet Bank was one of several regional financial institutions established by the Chinese Communist Party in areas under their military control during the Jiangxi Soviet period. This tri-provincial base area — known in Chinese as Min-Zhe-Gan — was a distinct soviet zone from the more famous Central Soviet in Jiangxi proper, operating under its own administrative and financial structures through the early 1930s.
Notes from this issuer are genuinely rare survivors. Nationalist (KMT) encirclement campaigns intensified throughout 1932–1934, and the base area was eventually overrun, which meant most paper currency was either destroyed by retreating forces or confiscated and burned. Few examples entered collector hands through conventional channels.