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3 Ch'uan Fantasy; Szechuan-Shensi Soviet Worker's and Farmer's Bank; grey
| Issuer | Szechuan-Shensi Soviet Worker's and Farmer's Bank |
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| Year | 1933 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Vertical-format reverse printed in black on cloth. A large numeral "3" is centred within a cubist geometric surround incorporating a gear motif, evoking Soviet industrial iconography. The composition is spare, with the denomination numeral as the sole textual element. |
| Reverse lettering | 3 |
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The Szechuan-Shensi Soviet area was established in late 1932 when Red Army forces under Xu Xiangqian pushed into the Sichuan-Shaanxi border region, and the Worker's and Farmer's Bank followed almost immediately — a political necessity before any stable administration could function. Notes from this issuer were printed on cloth rather than paper, a pragmatic response to the near-total absence of conventional printing infrastructure in the soviet zone. The grey cloth substrate on this 3 Ch'uan piece is characteristic of the series.
The "fantasy" designation reflects ongoing scholarly dispute about whether certain denominations and color variants actually circulated or were produced speculatively, possibly after the soviet's collapse in 1935 during the Long March evacuation.