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20 Fen Pattern
| Issuer | Republic of China |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 20 Fen (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts an ancient Chinese spade money (bù coin), a bronze Age ceremonial currency form, rendered in relief and enclosed within a decorative circular border. A single Chinese character appears to each side of the spade motif in the field. The overall composition is symmetrical and evocative of China's ancient monetary heritage. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Patterns struck for the Nationalist government in 1937 were largely rendered academic by July of that year, when the Marco Polo Bridge Incident triggered full-scale Japanese invasion. This piece almost certainly never progressed beyond the trial stage for that reason — the administrative machinery required to authorize a new circulating type simply ceased to function as the front moved south toward Nanjing.