Catalog
1 Yen in Silver
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Size | 135 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note with an intricate guilloche border framing a central vignette of two confronting dragons rendered in fine intaglio detail. Above the dragons, a circular cartouche contains a pair of cranes, with the denomination numeral '1' appearing in the upper corners. Chinese characters reading '臺灣銀行' (Bank of Taiwan) and '壹圓銀券' (One Yen Silver Note) are arranged vertically in the central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | 壹 圓 銀 券 臺 灣 銀 行 (Translation: One Yuan in Silver Bank of Taiwan) |
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| Reverse lettering | 律改行遇銀銀憑 治作假有壹行票 罪定造將圓隨在 不按或票 時臺 貸國為私 換灣 THE BANK OF TAIWAN Promises to pay the bearer on demand ONE YEN in Silver (Translation: With the ticket, you can exchange for one silver dollar at any time at the Bank of Taiwan; Forging or altering the ticket will be punished according to national laws.) |
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