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100 Yuan Bank of Chinan
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S3093 |
| Obverse description | Blue-green on yellow underprint. A central vignette presents a village gateway rendered in fine line engraving, framed by decorative borders. The bank name in Chinese characters (冀南銀行) appears at the top, with the denomination 壹百圓itted at left and right, and red seal stamps affixed at lower left and right corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINAN ONE HUNDRED YUAN |
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The Bank of Chinan (Qilu Bank in Chinese sources) was a Communist Party-controlled regional bank operating in the Shandong-Jinan area during the civil war period. Its notes circulated in liberated zones administered by the CCP before the People's Republic existed as a state, functioning as a parallel currency system deliberately kept separate from Nationalist-controlled financial networks.
Regional Communist bank notes from this period are notoriously difficult to authenticate. Counterfeiting was rampant on both sides — Nationalist agents reportedly flooded liberated zones with fakes specifically to destabilize local economies. High-denomination notes like this 100 Yuan issue were primary targets.