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5 Yuan / 5 Yan Kwangsi-Kweichow-Yunnan Border District Bank
| Issuer | Kwangsi-Kweichow-Yunnan Border District Bank |
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| Year | 1949 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 流通券 伍圓 滇桂黔邊區貿易局 |
| Reverse description | Pastoral agricultural vignette across the full width of the note, showing two farmers working in a field — one guiding a horse-drawn plough at centre-left, another bent over tending crops at right. The left panel carries vertical inscriptions and the numeral 5. The upper border bears the romanised bank name and additional text in Latin script, with the denomination '5 YAN' at lower left. |
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The Kwangsi-Kweichow-Yunnan Border District Bank was one of the regional Communist financial institutions established to manage currency in the southwestern border zones as the People's Liberation Army swept through in the final phase of the civil war. These district banks issued notes to stabilize local commerce in territories transitioning out of Nationalist control — often with very short operational windows before the renminbi absorbed everything under the unified People's Bank framework after October 1949.
Notes from this issuer surface rarely, and surviving quantities are believed to be small. The border district itself ceased to function as a distinct administrative unit within months of issue.