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2 Chiao / 20 Cents Beei Hai Bank; green
| Issuer | Beei Hai Bank (北海銀行) |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Value | 2 Chiao (0.2) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print with Chinese text reading right to left. A vignette of a traditional house gate with fence appears at left, flanked by the denomination and bank name inscriptions. Square overprints bearing Chinese seal script characters are applied over the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 - 20 BEEI HAI BANK 20 TWENTY CENTS 20 - 20 |
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Beei Hai Bank (北海銀行) was established by the Communist Party's Shandong-Jiangsu Border Region government in 1938, the same year this note was issued. It was one of several regional banks set up under CCP administration to fund guerrilla operations and displace Japanese puppet currency from circulation in contested territory.
Notes from this inaugural year are among the earliest in the Beei Hai series and were produced under wartime conditions with limited printing resources. Survival rates are low.