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100 Coppers Fengtien Public Exchange Bank
| Issuer | Kung Tsi Bank of Fengtien (奉天公濟平市錢號) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 100 Cash |
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| Obverse lettering | 奉天公濟平市錢號 銅錢壹百枚 中華民國十一年造 永遠通用不掛失票 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark green on plain buff paper and consists of a large central medallion with an elaborate scalloped and floral guilloche border. Within the medallion, the English bank name is inscribed at the top in serif capital letters, with the denomination repeated below in large Chinese characters. The overall design is typographically simple, relying entirely on the dense lathe-work underprint of the medallion for its decorative effect. |
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The Kung Tsi Bank of Fengtien was one of several provincial exchange banks operating in Manchuria during the early Republic period, issuing copper-unit notes at a time when the region's monetary situation was genuinely chaotic — multiple currencies, warlord-backed scrip, and fluctuating copper-silver ratios all circulating simultaneously. Fengtien Province was under Zhang Zuolin's authority by 1922, and local exchange banks of this type functioned as quasi-commercial intermediaries rather than formal state institutions.
The 100-copper denomination placed this note squarely in everyday retail use, not large commerce. Notes from minor Manchurian exchange banks of this period suffered heavy attrition; institutional collapse, Japanese occupation, and subsequent political upheaval all contributed to extremely low survival rates.