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2000 Yuan Bank of Central China
| Issuer | Bank of Central China (中華銀行) |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, the note carries a central vignette of a boat passing beneath a bridge with a temple structure in the background, enclosed within an ornate guilloche border. The bank title 中華銀行 (Bank of Central China) is inscribed in large characters across the top, with the denomination 貳仟圓 (2000 Yuan) repeated on both left and right panels. The date 中華民國三十七年 (Republic of China Year 37) appears along the lower margin, and serial number prefixes flank the upper portion of the design. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown and green, the reverse is dominated by a large numeral 2000 set within an elaborate guilloche underprint in green, surrounded by a decorative border with the denomination repeated in the four corners. The year 1948 appears in a scroll at the lower centre, with the overall design executed in a two-colour letterpress style typical of liberated area emergency issues. |
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The Bank of Central China (中華銀行) was a Communist-controlled regional bank operating in the Zhongyuan liberated area during the final phase of the civil war. By 1948, the military situation was moving fast — the Huaihai Campaign alone would decide control of central China within months — and regional banks like this one were issuing high denominations to keep pace with the inflationary conditions that had already collapsed confidence in Nationalist currency.
The S-prefix placement in Pick's catalog signals a regional or provisional issue rather than a central bank note, a distinction that matters for completeness-focused collections of the period. The "b" suffix indicates a distinguishable variety within the type, likely a signature, color, or serial prefix difference from the base listing.