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2000 Yuan Bank of Central China
| Issuer | Bank of Central China |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 中華銀行 貳仟圓 中華民國三十七年 |
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| Reverse lettering | 2000 1948 |
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The Bank of Central China (中州农民银行, later reorganized) operated as a Communist Party regional currency authority during the civil war period, issuing notes to stabilize liberated areas under CCP control in Henan, Hubei, and Anhui. By 1948, inflation in Nationalist-held zones was catastrophic, and high-denomination regional Communist notes like this one were partly a practical response to that devaluation pressure — 2,000 yuan was a working denomination, not an aspirational one.
Regional Communist bank notes from this period were absorbed into the People's Bank of China system following its establishment in December 1948, making late-issue examples short-lived by design.