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1 Great Yuan Tainan Silver Note
| Issuer | Tainan Official Bank Note General Bureau (臺南官銀錢票總局) |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Currency | Great Yuan (1895) |
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| Obverse description | Vertically oriented note with Chinese text printed in blue ink, read from right to left and top to bottom in traditional format. A decorative border frames the central panel, with the denomination and issuing authority inscribed in columns of Chinese characters. Handwritten date of issue and serial number appear to the left in manuscript, consistent with the note's period of issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | 臺南 官銀票 官銀錢票錢總局 給 憑几票支付 圳平銀壹大員照 光緒廿一年七月十五 (Translation: Tainan Official banknote General administrator of official banking Payable according to quantity of notes: 7-3 silver tael. One great yuan Guangxu year 21, month 7, day 15) |
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The Tainan Official Bank Note General Bureau existed for a matter of weeks. It was established by the short-lived Taiwan Republic — the "Democratic Republic of Formosa" declared on 25 May 1895 in direct response to the Qing cession of Taiwan to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki — and collapsed when Japanese forces entered Tainan in October of that year. This note is among the very few paper money issues that can be attributed to that republic with any confidence.
Printed locally rather than by one of the established continental Chinese banknote presses, the production quality reflects the circumstances of a provisional government operating under imminent military pressure.