The Spratly Islands are a group of more
than 100 small islands or reefs
in the South China Sea. The islands are claimed in whole or in
part by
the Peoples Republic of China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines,
Malaysia and Brunei. The islands sit atop large oil and gas
deposits,
are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and are located on major
shipping lanes. Various islands are occupied from time to time by
fisherman, military forces of the various claimants and oil exploration
crews. In recent years there have been minor military clashes
between
some of the claimants. China calls the islands Nansha Islands,
and
bases their claim on fact that some old Chinese coins and pottery have
been found on the islands. Recently some banknotes appeared that
re-enforces their claim on the islands. They are current, regular issue
Chinese 1, 2 and 5 Jiao, 1, 5 and 10 Yuan notes that are overprinted in
English
on the reverse and Chinese on the obverse "FOR USE ONLY IN NANSHA
ISLANDS". The reverse of each the notes also bears a large red
chop
that refers to the South China Sea Fleet. We were able to obtain
a
limited number of this unusual and mysterious issue.
Item PM-CN-SP6 SET OF 6 NANSHA IS. NOTES 1 JIAO-10
YUAN AU-UNC $22.00
Item
PM-CN-SP3 SET OF 3
NANSHA IS. NOTES 1, 2 & 5 JIAO from above
set $5.00
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