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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2679521, member: 38849&quot;]The four prominent characters on the front read &quot;Central Bank of China,&quot; one of the 75+ banks issuing currency in the 20th Century, and possibly among the five largest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that it has no portrait of Sun Yat-Sen, and no English wording of any kind, suggested it was a derivative of a Japanese puppet bank, but I couldn&#039;t find it either.&nbsp; Those two omissions rule out about 90% of the designs of that period.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the OP can make a clear image of the two red squares on the front, and if they are approximately 21mm square, they may be the &quot;Three Eastern Provinces and Manchurian&quot; seal of authenticity, which will further help identify the source.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit//just saw Muzyck&#039;s post - think that nails it.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit2//Pick has renumbered Taiwan #932, plus it&#039;s no longer illustrated; the text description does not seem to match, as there&#039;s no &quot;100&quot; at bottom center, that I can see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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