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2 Yuan Bank of Chinan
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S3068 |
| Obverse description | Green on pink underprint with an intricate guilloche border. To the right, a vignette of a traditional Chinese temple gate with surrounding trees rendered in fine letterpress. To the left, a circular medallion bearing the denomination characters 貳圓 in the centre. Two red chop seals appear at the lower centre, and red serial numbers are printed across the upper field. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINAN 2 2 TWO YUAN 1939 |
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The Bank of Chinan was established in 1938 under the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, the Japanese-sponsored administration installed in Nanjing following the occupation of central China. Its notes were instruments of the wartime parallel economy Japan constructed across occupied territories — designed to displace Nationalist Chinese fabi currency and redirect regional commerce through collaborationist financial channels.
The P#S3068 is among the earlier emissions of the series. Forgeries of Bank of Chinan notes circulated during the occupation period, introduced by both Nationalist and Communist networks specifically to destabilize the occupying administration's monetary operations.