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5 Fen Hua Hsing Bank
| Issuer | Hua Hsing Bank |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the emblem of the Hua Hsing Bank, consisting of a stylized floral or foliate motif enclosed within a wreath of sweeping wings, rendered in high relief against a flat field. A five-pointed star appears to each side of the central emblem at mid-field. The Chinese legend 中華民國 (Republic of China) arcs across the upper field, flanked by the character 華 (Hua) at center, while the date inscription 年九十二 (Year 29, corresponding to 1940) is arranged across the lower field. The coin is encircled by a continuous dentilated border. |
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| Mintage | 29 (1940) - Specimen |
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The Hua Hsing Bank was established in 1938 under the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, a Japanese-backed collaborationist administration based in Nanjing. This coin is among the pattern issues the bank produced around 1940 as it attempted to build a functioning currency infrastructure in occupied central China — a project that never fully displaced either Nationalist or Communist monetary networks in the territories where it operated.
The JNDA reference places this squarely in the occupied-China numismatic literature. Its pattern status means it likely saw no meaningful circulation.