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100 Yuan Bank of Central China
| Issuer | Bank of Central China (中華銀行) |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green, the obverse centres on a vignette of a uniformed bugler standing before a receding section of the Great Wall of China, rendered in fine letterpress style. The bank title 中華銀行 appears at the top in Chinese characters, with the denomination 壹百圓 inscribed within a circular guilloche medallion at centre, repeated in Chinese in the corner panels. A red serial number prefix is positioned above the central vignette, and the Republican era date 中華民國三十四年 appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet, the reverse is composed entirely of intricate guilloche lathe-work forming symmetrical panels across the field. Two large numeral 100 counters are set within circular engine-turned rosettes at left and right, flanking a central rectangular panel of fine cross-hatched underprint with Chinese characters. Ornate floral scrollwork borders frame the entire composition. |
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The Bank of Central China was a wartime institution established under Japanese occupation authorities to manage currency in the central Chinese territories during the Second Sino-Japanese War. By 1945, with Japan's position rapidly collapsing, notes issued that year had an extremely short practical lifespan — the surrender in August rendered occupation-linked currencies worthless almost overnight, and most were abandoned or destroyed rather than redeemed.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference places this in the specialized regional issues category, reflecting its status as a politically contested currency rather than a nationally recognized one.