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100 Yuan Tung Pei Bank of China, brown
| Issuer | Tung Pei Bank of China |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in rose-brown and carries at upper centre the bank name 東北銀行 (Tung Pei Bank) with the serial number prefixed 'NO. GU' at left and numerals at right. At left, a rectangular vignette depicts a farmer ploughing with a team of horses. The denomination 壹百圓 (One Hundred Yuan) appears in an ornate cartouche at centre right, with the inscription 流通券 (Circulating Note) at left margin and 地方 (Local) at right margin; the date inscription 中華民國三十六年印 appears along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in violet-brown with a symmetrical guilloche design. The numeral '100' appears in large form at centre flanked by matching panels bearing the same numeral on each side, all within an ornate lathe-work border. The English inscriptions 'TUNG PEI BANK OF CHINA' arc across the top and 'ONE HUNDRED YUAN' appears along the lower register, with the year '1947' centred beneath. |
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The Tung Pei Bank of China — "Tung Pei" meaning Manchuria — was a regional Communist institution operating in the northeast during the final phase of the civil war against the Nationalists. This 100 Yuan note dates to 1947, when the Communists were consolidating control over Manchuria after Soviet forces withdrew and left behind substantial quantities of captured Japanese materiel and printing equipment. The bank issued currency to supply and pay troops as much as to serve any conventional commercial function.
Notes from this issuer circulated in a war zone and survivors in decent condition are genuinely uncommon.