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5 Yuan
| Issuer | Fu Ching Bank of Shensi |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Cream ground with a multicolour impression and an elaborate engraved border of interlocking geometric and foliate motifs enclosing the central panel. A dark circular guilloche medallion at centre bears the numeral 5, flanked by the Chinese characters 伍圓, with the numeral repeated in ornate side cartouches. A lower banner inscription identifies the issuing bank and the legal authority of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | FU CHING BANK OF SHENSI 伍圓 5 FIVE YUAN OF THE NATIONAL COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, PEKING, CHINA |
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The Fu Ching Bank of Shensi was a provincial institution operating under considerable financial stress during the early warlord period, when Shaanxi was contested territory and local currency confidence was fragile at best. Having the note printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Peking — a central government facility — lent a degree of official credibility the bank could not generate on its own.
Provincial issues from this period are frequently found with heavy fold wear; Shaanxi's interior trade routes were rough, and notes circulated hard when they circulated at all. The S2600A designation suggests a variant within the series, likely a signature or date combination distinguishing it from closely related issues.