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20 Yuan · Dagiang Yinhang Pre-1949 Communist Bank
| Issuer | Dagiang Bank (大江银行) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 20 Yuan |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green ink and carries a vignette of a rice farming scene as the central design element. The bank title and denomination are printed in bold characters, with a red security overprint applied across the face. |
| Reverse lettering | 大江银行 貳拾圓 |
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The Dagiang Bank (大江银行) was a regional Communist financial institution operating in the Liberated Areas of central China during the final years of the Second Sino-Japanese War. These guerrilla-zone banks issued their own currency partly to fund military operations and partly to displace Japanese-sponsored puppet currency — the act of issuing notes was itself a political and logistical weapon.
The security overprint on this series was added as a basic anti-counterfeiting measure against Japanese forgery operations, which actively targeted Communist-issued paper to destabilize local economies. Pick S3710 is not a common survivor; wartime paper quality was poor, and most notes in circulation were destroyed through use or deliberate withdrawal after Liberation.