Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
China Szechuen Province 1 Dollar
| Issuer | Szechuan Province (Chinese provinces) |
|---|---|
| Year | 10 (1921) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Blue ornamental guilloche border encloses a central vignette of a ceremonial gateway or temple structure set against a background of trees. The banner inscription SZECHUEN PROVINCE appears across the upper portion of the note, with the large denomination numeral at lower center and denomination medallions occupying each of the four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | SZECHUEN PROVINCE |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Szechuan's provincial currency issues of the early Republic period reflect the extreme fiscal fragmentation of post-dynastic China, where warlord-controlled provinces printed their own notes with little coordination and even less backing. By 1921, Szechuan was under shifting military governance, and provincial paper was frequently discounted or refused outright in neighboring territories.
P#S2827 is among the less commonly encountered Szechuan provincial issues — the series suffered heavy attrition both from active circulation in a cash-poor interior province and from deliberate destruction during subsequent monetary consolidations under Nationalist administration in the late 1920s.