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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2585354, member: 75799&quot;]Soviet Republic of China. Shaanxi -Szechuan Silver Dollar. 1937. EF. Ex-Baldwin&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: The Soviet Hammer &amp; Sickle symbol on top of the map of China on the world. Over arching slogan inciting all landless people around the world to rise up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: 1 Yuan. Soviet Republic of China </p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst the Nationalists held central power under Chiang Kai-Shek, the Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong held autonomous controls over parts of China in poorer provinces such as Shaanxi, Sichuan etc. To establish semblance of a legitimate government, the Communists issued their own currency for circulation and trade within territories under their jurisdiction and neighbors.&nbsp; Amongst these include the elusive Soviet Chinese Silver Dollar particularly for trade purposes instead of intended mass circulation. Given the primitive nature of their technology and scarcity of resources as a result of Japanese and Nationalist aggression, their mintage are not only crude but also very scarce especially the higher value coins such as the silver dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately for the Communists, when they attempted to consolidate their government and introduction of these independent currencies, they were severely routed by the Nationalist armies of Chiang Kai-Shek forcing them to embark on the historically significant Long March within the same year (1937) with severe casualties. As a result all minting was stopped and many already scarce existing issues were either destroyed, confiscated or melted. </p><p><br /></p><p>With the victory of the Communist Party after the war and the birth of the People&#039;s Republic of China, these Soviet Chinese issues have become extremely collectible and significant as they reminded the PROC of today their birth, history, defeats and subsequent triumph up till today.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]561973[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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