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50 Yuan Bank of Central China, overprint
| Issuer | Bank of Central China (中央銀行) |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress print on a note originally issued by the Kianghwai Bank of China. A portrait vignette of a woman appears at the left, framed by decorative scrollwork borders. The denomination 伍拾圓 (Fifty Yuan) is printed in large Chinese characters at center, with a red overprint of the bank name 華中銀行 applied vertically across the upper central field; the date 中華民國三十三年 appears in a panel along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | KIANGHWAI BANK OF CHINA $FIFTY YUAN$ 1944 50 |
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The Bank of Central China (華中銀行) was a Japanese-sponsored institution established in 1938 to issue currency across occupied central China — distinct from the Nationalist government's own 中央銀行, which shared a nearly identical romanized name. This overlap was deliberate, designed to blur legitimacy in the minds of the occupied population. The overprint on this 1944 issue typically reflects reassignment of an earlier base note to a new regional or administrative purpose, a common practice among the puppet banking apparatus as Japanese occupation authorities adjusted their currency networks under wartime pressure.