SINCONA AG
Auction 69 17-18 May 2021
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CHINA. Japanese Puppet Banks. Central Reserve Bank of China.
100 Yuan 1944. 200 Yuan 1944. 1000 Yuan 1944. Dark blue. 1000 Yuan 1944. Deep gray-blue on multicolor underprint. Watermark cloudy forms. 1000 Yuan 1944. Deep gray-blue on ochre underprint. 1000 Yuan 1944. Gray. 1000 Yuan 1944. Green on light blue underprint. 10000 Yuan 1944. Dark brown. Pick J29-J32a, J33-J36. IV - II / Fine-extremely fine. (8)
(~€ 90/USD 110)
• Dieses Los unterliegt bei Auslieferung in der Schweiz der Margenbesteuerung gemäss MWSTG 24a (22.5% Aufgeld inkl. gesetzlicher Mehrwertsteuer)
• When delivered in Switzerland, this lot is subject to the margin taxation scheme in accordance with article 24a of the Federal Act on Value Added Tax (22.5% buyer's premium incl. statutory VAT).
The 200 Yuan 1944 banknote (Pick J30) features hidden letters (like the 50 Cents notes from 1940), namely U and S on the reverse and A and C on the obverse. This is interpreted as a protest against the Japanese occupation as "United States Army (is) Comming". It is said that the engraver, Mr. Chung Kue-jen, after the discovery by the Japanese, had to flee to Hong Kong until the end of WW II to escape punishment.
100 Yuan 1944. 200 Yuan 1944. 1000 Yuan 1944. Dark blue. 1000 Yuan 1944. Deep gray-blue on multicolor underprint. Watermark cloudy forms. 1000 Yuan 1944. Deep gray-blue on ochre underprint. 1000 Yuan 1944. Gray. 1000 Yuan 1944. Green on light blue underprint. 10000 Yuan 1944. Dark brown. Pick J29-J32a, J33-J36. IV - II / Fine-extremely fine. (8)
(~€ 90/USD 110)
• Dieses Los unterliegt bei Auslieferung in der Schweiz der Margenbesteuerung gemäss MWSTG 24a (22.5% Aufgeld inkl. gesetzlicher Mehrwertsteuer)
• When delivered in Switzerland, this lot is subject to the margin taxation scheme in accordance with article 24a of the Federal Act on Value Added Tax (22.5% buyer's premium incl. statutory VAT).
The 200 Yuan 1944 banknote (Pick J30) features hidden letters (like the 50 Cents notes from 1940), namely U and S on the reverse and A and C on the obverse. This is interpreted as a protest against the Japanese occupation as "United States Army (is) Comming". It is said that the engraver, Mr. Chung Kue-jen, after the discovery by the Japanese, had to flee to Hong Kong until the end of WW II to escape punishment.