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2 Yuan Bank of West Shantung, red on green
| Issuer | Bank of West Shantung (魯西銀行) |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Value | 2 Yuan (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | 貳 - 貳 行銀西魯 圓貳 貳國即憑 圓幣付票 印年十三國民華中 貳 - 貳 (Translation: 2 (Yuan) - 2 (Yuan) Bank of West Shantung 2 Yuan Pay 2 Yuan in national currency on presentation of this voucher Printed in Year 30 of the Republic of China 2 (Yuan) - 2 (Yuan)) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF WEST SHANTUNG 2 YUAN - 2 YUAN TWO YUAN 1941 |
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The Bank of West Shantung was a puppet financial institution established by Japanese occupation authorities in the Jilu Border Region — the zone straddling western Shandong and eastern Hebei provinces — as part of a broader strategy to displace the currency issued by Communist-aligned border region banks. Notes like this one competed directly against the Ji-Lu-Yu Border Region Bank's scrip, and acceptance was enforced rather than voluntary in Japanese-controlled districts.
The "var." suffix on the Pick reference almost certainly reflects a signature or overprint combination not yet fully catalogued — this series is notoriously difficult to attribute cleanly, with multiple issue batches distinguished by minor typographic and color variations that remain poorly documented in Western references.