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2 Jiao / 20 Cents Central Bank of China
| Issuer | Central Bank of China |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Value | 2 Jiao (0.2) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Sun Yat-sen in a circular portrait frame surrounded by a star-burst guilloche pattern, printed in reddish-brown on an ornate geometric underprint. The denomination 貳角 (Two Jiao) is inscribed in large Chinese characters below the portrait, with the bank title 中央銀行 across the top. Corner panels repeat the denomination 貳角, and a lower inscription notes the Szechuen (川四) branch designation along with the exchange clause. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a multi-tiered pagoda set beside a body of water, rendered in an olive-gold intaglio engraving within a rectangular frame of fine guilloche lacework borders. The denomination '20 CENTS' appears in a decorative cartouche at the lower centre, with the corner areas repeating the numeral '20'. Two manuscript facsimile signatures of the General Manager and Assistant Manager appear below the pagoda vignette. |
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The Central Bank of China's 1935 fractional issues were printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Peiping — the Nationalist government's own facility, established partly to reduce dependence on foreign printers like American Bank Note Company and De La Rue, which had handled earlier series. By the mid-1930s the bureau was capable of producing multiple series simultaneously, though quality control was inconsistent across runs.
Pick 205c is one of several signature and color variants within this denomination, a distinction that matters more to specialists than the face value suggests. The Sino-Japanese War, beginning in earnest with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 1937, disrupted currency supply chains severely — notes of this period often circulated far longer and harder than intended.