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100 Yuan Bank of Shansi, Chahar, & Hopei
| Issuer | Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1946-1949) |
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| Obverse lettering | 晉察冀邊區銀行 壹百圓 中華民國三十五年 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF SHANSI CHAHAR & HOPEI 100 YUAN 1946 |
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The Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei — known in Chinese as Jin-Cha-Ji Bank — was the official currency authority of the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region, one of the Communist-controlled base areas behind Japanese lines during the Second Sino-Japanese War. By 1946, the war was over but the Civil War was accelerating, and the bank's notes were effectively a military-economic instrument, funding operations against Nationalist forces in North China.
Rampant inflation across all Chinese monetary zones during this period meant high-denomination issues like this 100 Yuan circulated hard and briefly. Surviving examples in any meaningful condition are genuinely uncommon — not because of intentional withdrawal, but because the paper quality used by border region printers was rarely archival grade.