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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 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress print on plain paper. A central vignette presents a village scene with a prominent tower amid buildings and trees, framed by ornate guilloche scrollwork on both flanks. Denomination numerals appear at left and right within the guilloche borders, with the bank name arched across the top and two manuscript signatures below the central vignette. |
| 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.