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Harbin dayang — regional silver-dollar accounting: research record

Evidence coverage: 1919–1935. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Harbin dayang — regional silver-dollar accounting

CUR-V27-HARBIN-DAYANG · Research draft
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: 1919–1935; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Chinese yuan — late Qing and ROC mainland continuityterritorial currency separation · 1919–1925
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Children / successors

Manchukuo yuanaccount unit replacement · 1932–1935
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Siblings

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Historical account research

Harbin dayang was accepted for provincial taxes and functioned as a locally differentiated regional currency across multiple issuers.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1919–1932supported

Harbin dayang was accepted for provincial taxes and functioned as a locally differentiated regional currency across multiple issuers.

C1454
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1454

Harbin dayang was accepted for provincial taxes and functioned as a locally differentiated regional currency across multiple issuers.

Heilongjiang provincial historical records office · Gazetteer: Section 2, Guangxin Company currency Citation S867 · Open source ↗

Gazetteer 哈大洋票; Mitter pp59–61

Source access and limitations

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

Rana Mitter · The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) Citation S868

Gazetteer 哈大洋票; Mitter pp59–61

Source access and limitations

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

Supported C1699

Harbin dayang developed as a regional Chinese silver-yuan reckoning: initially national-yuan instruments admitted for taxes, then a multi-issuer local account system with a differentiated currency value. This is regional adoption and differentiation, not ancestry from silver weight alone.

Heilongjiang provincial historical records office · Gazetteer: Section 2, Guangxin Company currency Citation S867 · Open source ↗

Gazetteer 哈大洋票; Mitter pp59–61

Source access and limitations

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

Rana Mitter · The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) Citation S868

Gazetteer 哈大洋票; Mitter pp59–61

Source access and limitations

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

Supported C1700

Manchukuo currency consolidation absorbed the Harbin dayang regional tax/payment unit; the Guangxin-issued Harbin currency was compulsorily redeemed at1.25dayang per1Manchukuo yuan. This names one actual local predecessor, not all provincial currencies.

Heilongjiang provincial historical records office · Gazetteer: Section 2, Guangxin Company currency Citation S867 · Open source ↗

Gazetteer 哈大洋票 closing paragraph; Mitter p121

Source access and limitations

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

Rana Mitter · The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) Citation S868

Gazetteer 哈大洋票 closing paragraph; Mitter p121

Source access and limitations

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

Supported C1740

Replacement by Manchukuo is documented; final termination of all balances is not independently dated.

Heilongjiang provincial historical records office · Gazetteer: Section 2, Guangxin Company currency Citation S867 · Open source ↗

哈大洋票 subsection; tax acceptance, multi-issuer local reckoning and1.25:1 redemption; printed pp59–61,121: yuan reserves, regional accounting systems,1932 consolidation

Source access and limitations

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

Rana Mitter · The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (2000) Citation S868

哈大洋票 subsection; tax acceptance, multi-issuer local reckoning and1.25:1 redemption; printed pp59–61,121: yuan reserves, regional accounting systems,1932 consolidation

Source access and limitations

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

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