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| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1949 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on a pale ground, the obverse centres on an oval vignette containing a portrait of Sun Yat-sen facing three-quarters left. The issuer's name 臺灣銀行 (Bank of Taiwan) is inscribed in Chinese characters at the top, with the numeral 壹 in each upper corner. Two red seal impressions appear at mid-left and mid-right, each reading 限金門通用 (valid only in Kinmen), and the large Chinese denomination 壹圓 is set within a guilloche rosette at centre-bottom. The serial number and date 中華民國三十八年 (Republic of China Year 38) appear at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in green, carries the English inscription BANK OF TAIWAN arched across the top. A vignette of the Bank of Taiwan building occupies the upper half, rendered in fine line engraving. Below, a map of Taiwan island is depicted with the characters 金門 flanking it at left and right, referencing the Kinmen restricted-circulation area. The English legend ONE YUAN appears at the bottom centre, with the numeral 1 repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF TAIWAN ONE YUAN 金門 |
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