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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 description | Green letterpress print on light paper. A vignette at left presents a traditional Chinese pavilion set amid trees along a landscaped path. The bank title 華中銀行 appears across the top centre, flanked by the denomination 貳仟 repeated at all four corners. A central guilloche panel carries the denomination 貳仟圓 in bold Chinese characters, with the date inscription 中華民國三十七年 at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 華中銀行 貳仟圓 中華民國三十七年 |
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The Bank of Central China (中州农民银行, later reorganized) operated as a Communist-controlled regional bank during the civil war period, issuing notes to support PLA operations in the Central Plains. By 1948 the Nationalist government's own currency was collapsing under hyperinflation, which meant Communist regional notes paradoxically held more practical purchasing power in the areas they controlled — not because they were sound instruments, but because they were the only stable alternative on offer locally.
High-denomination issues like this 2000 Yuan note are characteristic of the inflationary pressures of 1948, even within the liberated zones. These regional wartime notes were typically withdrawn and demonetized after the People's Bank of China unified currency in 1949, which accounts for their relative scarcity in circulated grades today.