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5 Yuan / 5 Yan Ta Chiang Bank / Dagiang Inxang
| Issuer | Ta Chiang Bank (大江銀行) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Central medallion bearing the large numeral '5' over a guilloche background, flanked by decorative scrollwork and the denomination 'YAN' below. The bank name 'DAGIANG INXANG' is inscribed in Latin script across the top panel, with serial numbers printed in green at left and right. The year '1945' appears at the base of the central motif, and the numeral '5' is repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | DAGIANG INXANG 5 YAN 1945 |
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Ta Chiang Bank was a Communist-controlled regional bank operating in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area during the final years of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Notes of this type were issued under New Fourth Army administration — currency designed as much for political control of liberated zones as for ordinary trade. The infrastructure for stable printing was extremely limited in these guerrilla-held territories, and paper quality and registration consistency vary considerably across surviving examples.
Pick S3705 falls within a category of wartime Communist base-area notes that were rapidly demonetized and recalled after 1949 consolidation under the People's Bank, which is precisely why survivors in any condition are uncommon.