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500 Cash Szechuan-Shensi Soviet
| Issuer | Chinese Soviet Republic (Szechuan-Shensi Soviet Area) |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| Currency | Soviet Hubei-Honan-Anhui |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a hammer and sickle superimposed over a five-pointed star, the whole set above a decorative wreath. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with Chinese ideograms arranged in a circular legend occupying the surrounding field. The inscriptions read the revolutionary motto 'Proletariats of the world, unite!' together with the date 1934 rendered in Chinese characters. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Szechuan-Shensi Soviet was established in late 1932 after Communist forces under Xu Xiangqian pushed into the Sichuan-Shaanxi border region, creating one of the largest soviet base areas in China at its peak — covering a population estimated at three million. This 500-cash denomination reflects the practical monetary demands of administering that territory: the base area operated its own financial system, including a workers' and peasants' bank, specifically to break dependence on Nationalist currency and local warlord scrip.
The region was abandoned during the 1935 forced evacuation that merged into the broader Long March narrative, making the entire coinage series a product of a remarkably compressed three-year window.