This is an interesting Bank of Chi Nan 10 Million Yuan emergency circulating cashiers (bearer) check issued in the Communist controlled area of Chi Nan prior to the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949.

The note was valid for only one year after issuance. Apparently very rare, I haven't come across another one. It is not listed in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money.

Graded Very Good Circulated condition. It has a 13mm (1/2 inch) horizontal tear on the left edge, and some light dirt smears.

Front Bottom: Printed on the 32nd Year of the Republic of China (1943);
Front Right: Issued at the beginning of January on the 34th Year of the Republic of China (1945);
Front Center: Expired at the end of December on the 34th Year of the Republic of China (1945).

Back Left: Spaces for dates, signatures and chops;
Back Right: Usage Instruction-
1. For ease of commercial transactions, the bearer check is legal tender within Chi Nan area.
2. The bearer check is redeemable at all branches of the bank within Chi Nan area.
3. To prevent counterfeiting, the check must be dated and signed by the transferee and a guarantor in the spaces provided.
4. Void if damaged that its authenticity or denomination cannot be determined.
5. The bearer check must be presented for exchange.
6. Void after the expiration date.

Front: Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), revolutionary leader and President of China 1912-1913

Sun Yat-sen, trained as a physician, is known as the "father of modern China". He led the revolution that eventually overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912. He later co-founded the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party, where he served as its first leader. In 1924 he adopted the "Three Principles of the People" (nationalism, democracy and social reform). He also established the Whampoa Military Academy with Chiang Kai-Shek as Commandant. He died of cancer in 1925.

Back: Government building

Front: Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), revolutionary leader and President of China 1912-1913

Back: Bank building

China, located in eastern Asia, has one of the world's longest uninterrupted civilizations, dating back more than six millennia. For centuries, China was the world's most advanced civilization, and the cultural center of East Asia, with an impact lasting to the present day.

China is the source of many great inventions including Paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. China was also the first country to use paper money.

In 1911, the Nationalist Party under Dr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Ch'ing Dynasty and established the republic. However, the Chinese Civil War following WWII resulted in two Chinese states in 1949: People's Republic of China on the mainland, and the Republic of China in Taiwan.

For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on China.