Hi everyone, recently I was confused when I did some research about Manchukuo patterns. Firstly, I found two samples of "Shizuo"(试作) with a Confucius face on the obverse. Both of them have a "3" on the other side. What is that suppose to mean? Does it suggests that there are 1 and 2 exsist?
Secondly, This 1 Yuan pattern listed in 旧満洲国貨幣図鑑 by 松宝庵 菅谷信 was weird. Hanyu Pinyin was created in 1950s. Why did it appeared in Manchukuo?
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