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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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| Value | 50 Yuan |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress print on plain paper stock. The central vignette presents a large traditional Chinese temple complex approached by a broad ceremonial staircase, flanked by pine trees. The bank title in Chinese characters runs across the top, with the denomination 伍拾圓 rendered in large characters beneath, serial numbers repeated twice in the upper field, and corner numerals reading 伍拾. |
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| Obverse lettering | 晉察蒙邊區銀行 伍拾圓 中華民國三十四年 |
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The Bank of Shansi, Chahar & Hopei — known in Chinese as Jin-Cha-Ji Bank — was the monetary authority of the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region, one of the major Communist-controlled base areas behind Japanese lines during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It operated in direct defiance of both the Japanese occupation currency and the Nationalist fabi, issuing notes specifically to fund guerrilla operations and stabilize local exchange in territory the Communists administered but never fully secured.
By 1945, the border region economy had been under sustained military and economic pressure for years. Notes from this final wartime period circulated in genuinely hostile conditions — villages changed hands, and holding Communist-issued paper carried real risk. S3176 survivors tend to show heavy use.