Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Fen Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank - Northwest Branch, Pre-1949 Communist China
| Issuer | Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank - Northwest Branch |
|---|---|
| Year | 1932 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Yuan (1912-1949) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| 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; Twenty of these notes exchangeable for one silver dollar) |
| Reverse description | Executed in purple ink, the reverse bears a central hammer and sickle motif as the principal vignette, a standard ideological symbol employed on Chinese Soviet currency of this period. The bank name and denomination are rendered in Chinese characters, with the date of issue also expressed in traditional Chinese numeral form. The composition is spare and typographic in character, consistent with the limited printing resources available to base-area issuing authorities. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Northwest Branch of the Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank operated out of territory controlled by Communist forces in Shaanxi and neighboring provinces during the early 1930s — a period when the Nationalist government was actively running extermination campaigns against soviet-held areas. Notes like this were issued to stabilize local exchange within those encircled zones, where Nationalist currency was officially boycotted and trade with outside markets was severely restricted.
The 5 Fen denomination points to genuine small-transaction use. Copper coin shortages in rural soviet districts made low-denomination paper a practical necessity, not a symbolic gesture.