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3 Tiao
| Issuer | Yung Heng Provincial Bank of Kirin |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Vertically oriented note with dense Chinese text columns filling the central panel, surmounted by the bank name in large characters reading 永衡官帖 (Yung Heng Official Note) and the issuing province 吉林 (Kirin) at the top. A large red official seal (官印) is impressed over the central text area, accompanied by handwritten brush inscriptions denoting the denomination of 3 Tiao (憑帖取錢叁吊整). Decorative borders with repeating character motifs and the denomination numeral 叁 (three) appear at each corner, with additional text columns along the lateral margins setting out the note's conditions of issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | 吉林 永衡官帖 銀錢號 憑帖取錢叁吊整 中華民國二年 吉林森印刷局印 |
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The Yung Heng Provincial Bank of Kirin was one of the longer-lived provincial institutions in Manchuria, operating through the late Qing period and well into the Republic of China years. The 1913 date places this note in the immediate post-revolution period, when provincial banks continued issuing their own paper largely unchecked — Beijing's monetary authority over the northeastern provinces was nominal at best during these years.
The Kirin Forest Printing Office is an unusual attribution. Most provincial notes of this period were farmed out to more established commercial printers; in-province production of this kind typically resulted in inconsistent ink coverage and registration, which collectors should expect on surviving examples.