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5 Yuan Farmer's Bank of Chung-Chou
| Issuer | Farmers Bank of Chung-Chou |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Vertical format printed in black on plain paper. The bank's English name THE FARMERS BANK OF CHUNG-CHOU is set in a curved banner at the top within a fine guilloche border. At centre, a large ornate cartouche contains the numeral 5, above a ribbon panel inscribed FIVE YUAN with a pink overprint band. Two handwritten signatures appear in the lower field, and the date 1948 is enclosed in a rectangular frame at the foot; numeral 5 vignettes occupy each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | THE FARMERS BANK OF CHUNG-CHOU FIVE YUAN 1948 |
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The Farmers Bank of Chung-Chou (中州農民銀行) was a Communist-controlled regional institution operating in the Chung Yuan liberated area during the final phase of the civil war. This 1948 issue came at a moment when the People's Liberation Army had effectively secured most of Henan province, and the bank was functioning as a de facto monetary authority for territories no longer under Nationalist control — well before the People's Republic was formally proclaimed.
Notes from this regional Communist banking network were quickly superseded when the People's Bank of China consolidated all such local currencies in 1949. Most were withdrawn and destroyed, making survivors genuinely scarce.