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100 Yuan Farmer's Bank of Chung-Chou, back proof, blue
| Issuer | Farmers Bank of Chung-Chou |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Back proof printed in blue. The central vignette is occupied by an ornate guilloche design enclosed within decorative frame elements. Bank name appears in English letterpress across the upper register alongside Chinese seal-script characters, with the denomination numeral and written value repeated at each side and along the lower border. The date 1948 appears at foot. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 - 100 THE FARMERS BANK OF CHUNG-CHOU 佰 - 佰 圓 - 圓 100 ONE HUNDRED YUAN 1948 |
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The Farmers Bank of Chung-Chou was a provincial institution based in Henan, one of several regional banks that continued issuing notes deep into the hyperinflationary collapse of Nationalist China. By 1948, the Central Government's fapi had already become functionally worthless in many areas, and regional banks were printing high denominations as a matter of survival rather than policy. A 100 Yuan note at this date would have bought almost nothing within weeks of issue.
This particular example is a back proof — a single-side color trial printed on plain paper, existing outside normal circulation entirely. Blue proofs from Chung-Chou are seldom encountered; most known survivors came through printer's archives rather than banking channels.