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5 Fen / 0.05 Yuan Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank
| Issuer | Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank - Northwest Branch |
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| Year | 1932 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green intaglio with black overprint, the obverse carries a central vignette of soldiers marching in formation. Chinese characters forming the bank name and exchange clause are arranged around the vignette. The overall design is executed in a simple letterpress style characteristic of wartime Soviet-area issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中華蘇維埃共和國國家銀行西北分行 凭票二十张兑换银币一元 (Translation: CHINESE SOVIET REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK - NORTHWEST BRANCH Use 20 of this note to exchange silver coin 1 dollar) |
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The Northwest Branch of the Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank operated out of the Shaanxi-Gansu border region, one of several quasi-autonomous soviet areas the Chinese Communist Party maintained during the Jiangxi period. These fractional notes — fractions of a yuan at that — were a practical necessity in rural economies where copper coinage was scarce or hoarded, and where the CCP needed to demonstrate functional administrative control through a credible local currency.
Survival rate is low. These notes circulated in poor, agriculturally dependent communities under active Nationalist military pressure. Paper degraded quickly in field conditions, and the currency was rendered void after the Long March disrupted the soviet zone structure from 1934 onward.