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Chinese customs gold unit: research record

Evidence coverage: 1930–1948. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

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Chinese customs gold unit

CUR-V26-CUSTOMS-GOLD-UNIT · Research draft

Separate customs bookkeeping unit introduced1930; circulating CGU notes are instruments, not the identity.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1930–1948; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Haikwan customs taelsectoral account unit replacement · 1930
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Latest research

Historical account research

A customs gold unit was created; contemporary report explicitly describes it as a bookkeeping unit rather than general currency.

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Historical account research

CGU notes were redeemed at150000per goldyuan in1948. This documents instrument redemption into the existing ROC yuan identity; it does not by itself date the ending of the distinct customs assessment account.

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Historical account research

Fiscal bookkeeping denomination is sufficient under account-unit ontology even where contemporary author contrasts it with circulating currency. Notes are incidental; do not describe gold content or note issue as identity basis.

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Unit-of-account identity review

Fiscal bookkeeping denomination is sufficient under account-unit ontology even where contemporary author contrasts it with circulating currency. Notes are incidental; do not describe gold content or note issue as identity basis.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1930supported

A customs gold unit was created; contemporary report explicitly describes it as a bookkeeping unit rather than general currency.

C1386
1948supported

CGU notes were redeemed at150000per goldyuan in1948. This documents instrument redemption into the existing ROC yuan identity; it does not by itself date the ending of the distinct customs assessment account.

C1514
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Narrow fiscal account identity admitted. No ancestry from gold bullion, no assumption CGU creation extinguished haikwan everywhere; export-duty haikwan survived to1933. Need1948conversion/termination order separately.

Supported C1386

A customs gold unit was created; contemporary report explicitly describes it as a bookkeeping unit rather than general currency.

United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933 Citation S541 · Open source ↗

printed40 andfootnote38

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1514

CGU notes were redeemed at150000per goldyuan in 1948. This documents instrument redemption into the existing ROC yuan identity; it does not by itself date the ending of the distinct customs assessment account.

Shandong provincial gazetteer, Zhifu district history · Fabi and gold-yuan section Citation S846 · Open source ↗

Opening paragraph

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1567

Fiscal bookkeeping denomination is sufficient under account-unit ontology even where contemporary author contrasts it with circulating currency. Notes are incidental; do not describe gold content or note issue as identity basis.

United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933 Citation S541 · Open source ↗

China customs-gold discussion, printed p.40 footnote 38; Ceylon and Mauritius country sections (Mauritius printed p.79)

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1665

Import duties and levies based on them were changed from Haikwan-tael reckoning to customs gold units effective1February1930; this is a partial fiscal-account succession, not all customs accounting.

Yan Hongzhong · Standard and credit: modern Chinese silver monetary institutions and their transformation Citation S745 · Open source ↗

SectionIV(1),1930order paragraph

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Archival decree itself not inspected.

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