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250 Yuan Maojgungs Liutungkyan
| Issuer | Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area Trade Company (貿易公司) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Vertical format printed in brown. The note is dominated by a lengthy block of Chinese text arranged in vertical columns setting out the conditions of issue and exchange regulations applicable within the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area. The denomination numeral 250 appears in all four corners within decorative cartouches, and a fine guilloche border frames the entire face. |
| Reverse lettering | 250 此券業經陝甘寧邊區政府批准發行並佈告全邊區境內所有交易還債等一律通用此券憑規定交易銀行票幣二十九並得與陝甘邊區銀行業幣互相兌換陝甘寧邊區貿易公司及其所屬西北土產公司光華盛業公司之全部財產作為基金並由陝甘寧邊區銀行絡分支行及其所居貨幣交換所代理之 |
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The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Area — the Communist-controlled zone centered on Yan'an — operated its own parallel financial system throughout the Sino-Japanese War, issuing currency through regional cooperatives and trade bodies rather than a single central bank. The Trade Company notes of 1945 were part of that patchwork, designed to facilitate commerce within border region markets while keeping Nationalist-issued fabi and later gold yuan certificates out of circulation in Communist-held territory.
Pick S3640 is among the less-documented issues from this period. Border area printing facilities were rudimentary, and paper quality and impression consistency varied considerably across the 1945 issues — something to examine closely on any example.