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1000 Yuan Bank of Shansi, Chahar, & Hopei, back proof
| Issuer | Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface back proof printed on plain cream stock; the face side is left entirely blank save for a faint blue-inked archival stamp visible at centre. No printed design elements appear on this side, consistent with the single-sided proof production method. |
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| Reverse lettering | Bank of Shansi Chahar & Hopei 仟 - 1000 - 壹 ONE THOUSAND YUAN 1947 (Translation: 1000 (Yuan)) |
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The Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei was a Communist-administered regional bank operating in the Jin-Cha-Ji border region — one of several such institutions the CCP established to fund military and administrative operations during the civil war against the Nationalists. By 1947, inflationary pressure was severe across all competing monetary zones in China, and the 1000 Yuan denomination reflects that reality directly.
Back proofs from this issuer are rare survivals. Most were never intended to leave the printing facility, and the collapse of regional banking structures in the transition to the People's Bank of China in 1948–49 resulted in wholesale destruction of archival material.