SZECHUAN-SHENSI SOVIET: AE 500 cash, 1934, Y-512.1, CL-SWA.16, original strike, tooled, PCGS graded VF details. The Szechuan-Shensi Soviet was part of the discontiguous territories of the Chinese Soviet Republic was a state established in November 1931 by the future Communist Party of China leader, Mao Zedong, general Zhu De and others, and lasted until 1937.