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5 Jiao
| Issuer | Central Bank of Manchukuo |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Value | 50 Fen = 5 Jiao (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Marshal Chao Kung Ming, the traditional Chinese God of Wealth, in imperial robes and ceremonial headdress, positioned to the right of centre against a pale guilloche underprint. Confronting dragon vignettes frame the left and right borders, while a green geometric guilloche underprint fills the upper register beneath the bank title. The denomination "五角" appears in large bold characters at centre-left, flanked by a red seal stamp, with "50 FEN" lettered in Roman script along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 滿洲中央銀行 五角 此票依據滿洲國政府於大同元年六月十一日施行之貨幣法而發行者 (Translation: Manchuria Central Bank Fifty Fen This note was issued in accordance with the Monetary Law issued by the Manchuria government on June 11, the first year of Datong.) |
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Manchukuo's Central Bank issued this note under the direct financial architecture imposed by the Kwantung Army, which maintained effective control over the bank's operations throughout the puppet state's existence. The 5 Jiao denomination placed it squarely in everyday transactional use across a region where the Japanese military was simultaneously engineering a parallel currency system designed to displace both Chinese silver coinage and the older Manchurian provincial notes.
The J-prefix in the Pick reference reflects its classification as a Japanese-occupied territories issue rather than a sovereign emission — a distinction the catalog makes that the issuing authority, obviously, did not.