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50 Yuan Bank of Kirin
| Issuer | Bank of Kirin (吉林省银行) |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 吉林省银行 伍拾圓 No. D 地方 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in rose-red and displays a highly ornate guilloche composition with scrolling foliate borders framing the entire field. A circular medallion with intricate geometric lacework occupies the centre, flanked on either side by the numeral '50' in large bold figures. The English inscriptions BANK OF KIRIN and FIFTY YUAN are placed at the top and bottom respectively, with the year 1946 below the denomination. |
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The Bank of Kirin (吉林省银行) was reconstituted under Soviet-backed Chinese Communist administration following the Red Army's entry into Manchuria in August 1945. Notes issued in 1946 were part of a rapid effort to establish financial infrastructure in the Northeast before Nationalist forces could consolidate control — a race that defined the entire monetary landscape of the region during those months.
The S-prefix Pick designation reflects its provincial and quasi-governmental character. Kirin provincial notes of this period are notoriously prone to foxing and edge deterioration due to the low-grade wartime paper stock used.