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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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| Currency | Yuan (1914-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark green ink on low-quality paper, the obverse is set in vertical format with text in traditional Chinese script reading right to left. A vignette of a pagoda occupies the central field, flanked by the denomination in running script calligraphy. Red ink security seals appear on both sides of the denomination, with the serial number and additional seals applied in red. The date, corresponding to the 34th year of the Republic of China (1945), appears at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 大江银行 貳拾圓 民國三十四年 |
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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.