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50 Yuan Bank of Shansi, Chahar, & Hopei
| Issuer | Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S3177 |
| Obverse description | Printed in brown-orange and deep brown on plain paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of an agricultural plowing scene set against a mountainous landscape with haystacks in the foreground. The denomination 伍拾圓 (Fifty Yuan) appears in large Chinese characters at left and right, with the bank title 晉察冀邊區銀行 printed in a horizontal band at top. Serial numbers in red and the date 中華民國三十四年 (Republic of China Year 34) are inscribed at the bottom center, within a decorative rectangular border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 晉察冀邊區銀行 伍拾圓 中華民國三十四年 |
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The Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei was a communist-controlled regional bank operating in the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region — one of the major anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines. Notes issued in 1945 were produced under wartime conditions, with limited access to standardized materials, and printing quality varied considerably across batches. The bank's issues circulated in territory that changed hands repeatedly, which drove rapid turnover and high attrition among surviving notes.
By the time Japan surrendered in August 1945, the border region currency was already being absorbed into the broader communist financial consolidation that would eventually produce the People's Bank of China in 1948. Notes from this final wartime year occupy an awkward transitional moment.