50 Fen Federal Reserve Bank of China

Features

Issuer	Provisional Government of the Republic of China (Japanese puppet states in China)
Type	Standard banknote
Year	1938
Value	50 Fen (0.50)
Currency	Yen (1937-1945)
Composition	Paper
Size	110 × 60 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 331067 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	P# J50 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Orange ink on cream colored paper. Image of the Marco Polo Bridge, flanked on both sides by denomination in Chinese & red official seals.

Lettering: 行銀備準合聯國中

Translation: United Reserve Bank of China

Reverse

Security features with denomination in both English & Chinese.

Lettering:
行銀備準合聯國中
印製局刷印會員委政行

Translation:
United Reserve Bank of China
Printing Bureau Printing Membership Committee

Comments

The Marco Polo Bridge has special significance within WWII history in China, in that the war began there 7-9 July 1937. Many banknotes from the puppet banks contain imagery of defiance towards the Japanese, this may definitely be the case on this note.

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