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50 Yuan Bank of Chinan
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-black letterpress print on buff paper. A vignette at right portrays a steam passenger train traversing a curved embankment through an open landscape. At left, the denomination 伍拾圓 is set within an ornate floral underprint medallion, flanked by vertical Chinese inscriptions reading 冀南銀行. The imprint 中華民國三十四年印 appears at the lower centre, with the serial number printed in red at upper right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINAN FIFTY YUAN 1945 |
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The Bank of Chinan (Jinan Bank) was a Communist-controlled regional bank operating in Shandong province, established in 1938 under the Jiaodong Administrative Office. By 1945, the bank was issuing currency to support the Eighth Route Army's operations and administer liberated zone economies — these notes functioned as instruments of wartime economic control as much as conventional currency.
The S-prefix Pick designation signals a regional or special issue, and the B suffix variant distinction likely reflects a block letter or printing plate difference. Attribution of these notes can be complicated by inconsistent surviving documentation from the issuing authority itself.