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200 Yuan Bank of Chinan, Emergency Circulating Cashier's Check
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan (冀南銀行) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Yuan (1935-1946) |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red letterpress on plain white paper. A central lobed medallion vignette bears the denomination inscription 貳百圓 (200 Yuan) over a fine guilloche rosette underprint. Above the medallion, the bank title 冀南銀行本票存根 appears in bold characters alongside a serial number in blue, with handwritten Chinese text in the upper portion recording issue and maturity dates expressed in the Republic of China calendar, and a red seal impression to the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 冀南銀行本票存根 貳百圓 中華民國三十二年九月十五日 中華民國三十三年六月三十日 中華民國三十三年 月 日 |
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The Bank of Chinan (冀南銀行) was established in 1939 as the financial arm of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Border Region, the Communist-controlled territory straddling Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan provinces. It operated in active guerrilla territory throughout the Second Sino-Japanese War, which meant printing infrastructure was primitive, intermittent, and deliberately mobile — presses moved to avoid Japanese sweeps, and paper supply was never stable.
The "Emergency Circulating Cashier's Check" designation is not a collector's description but the note's own stated purpose: these were stopgap instruments issued when standard currency production couldn't keep pace with the region's wartime economic demands. The 1943 date falls in a particularly difficult period, when Japanese mop-up campaigns in the border regions intensified pressure on both the military and civilian supply networks.
Two Pick references for a single issue typically indicate a printer or paper variant — the S3063F and S3080F listings likely reflect differences identified in the block or overprint characteristics.