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9 Taels Chinese Soviet Republic National Bank; Rice Voucher
| Issuer | Chinese Soviet Republic, People's Commissariat of Food |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher in black ink on cream paper, with a large circular red official seal at centre-top enclosing a hammer-and-sickle device. The denomination 九兩 (9 Taels) is set in bold Chinese characters below the seal, followed by the word 米票 (rice voucher). Dense columns of Chinese text detailing usage regulations occupy the lower portion, with an issuing authority signature and a small red chop at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse shows bleed-through of the obverse letterpress text in grey tones, with the red circular seal impression visible at upper centre. Columns of faint Chinese characters, being the show-through of the obverse regulations, are distributed across the plain cream paper surface, confirming the thin stock used for this wartime issue. |
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| Signature(s) | 陳潭秋 (Chen Tan-qiu), Commissioner of Food |
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