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200 Cash Szechuan-Shensi Soviet, regular hammer and sickle
| Issuer | Chinese Soviet Republic - Szechuan-Shensi Soviet |
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| Year | 1933 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a solid hammer and sickle emblem flanked by three five-pointed stars arranged above. A circular legend in Chinese characters occupies the upper portion of the obverse, reading from right to left, with the Latin-script abbreviation C.C.Z.C. appearing in the lower legend band. The design is characteristic of Chinese Soviet-era revolutionary iconography, with all elements rendered in high relief against a flat field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 全世界無產階級聯合起來！ C.C.Z.C. (Translation: Proletariats of the world, unite!) |
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The Szechuan-Shensi Soviet was established in late 1932 when Red Army forces under Xu Xiangqian pushed into the mountainous border region between the two provinces, creating one of the more durable Communist base areas of the pre-Long March period. Coinage was a deliberate assertion of administrative control — the soviet operated its own mint at Tongjiang and issued currency partly to displace Nationalist and warlord issues circulating locally.
Three die varieties are catalogued under Y#510.1-3, distinguished primarily by spacing and minor positional differences in the hammer and sickle device — a distinction that matters considerably to specialists given the uneven survival rates across strikes from this facility.