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25 Yuan Bank of Chinan
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on a vertical format. A vignette at upper centre presents a traditional Chinese gazebo pavilion set within a landscape, framed by decorative borders. The bank name in Chinese characters (冀南銀行) appears at the top, with the denomination rendered in large Chinese script within a central cartouche, and the date and serial block number at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on a vertical format. The English inscription BANK OF CHINAN is set within a rectangular panel at upper centre, above a large guilloche vignette bearing the numeral 25 superimposed over an intricate dragon underprint. The denomination TWENTY FIVE YUAN and the date 1942 appear in a panel at lower centre, with the numeral 25 repeated in each corner within decorative frames. |
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The Bank of Chinan (Chi-Nan Yinhang) was a Japanese-sponsored regional bank established in occupied Shandong province in 1938, one of several puppet financial institutions set up to displace Nationalist and pre-war Chinese currency across North China. By 1942, the broader Japanese occupation monetary apparatus was under increasing strain — the military's own printed currency had severely eroded public confidence, and regional banks like Chinan were issuing notes to absorb that pressure locally.
The S-prefix Pick designation flags this as a specialized or regional issue. Documentation on the 25 Yuan denomination specifically is thin, which likely reflects limited surviving specimens rather than a large original print run.