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1 Yuan
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on a white ground, the obverse is oriented vertically and carries a central oval vignette with a portrait of Sun Yat-sen in military dress, framed by decorative guilloche borders. The issuer name 臺灣銀行 (Bank of Taiwan) is inscribed in Chinese characters across the upper field, flanked by corner denomination characters 壹. Two rectangular seals in red appear in the lower lateral panels, inscribed 限馬祖地區通用, indicating regional validity for the Matsu area. |
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| Reverse description | The vertically oriented reverse is printed in brown and bears a central oval vignette of a large neoclassical building, identified as the Bank of Taiwan headquarters, set within an ornate guilloche frame. The English legend BANK OF TAIWAN is inscribed at the top, with the denomination ONE YUAN centered in the lower field above an elaborate interlocking guilloche motif. Chinese characters 祖 and 馬 appear in red at the lower corners, with the date 1954 at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF TAIWAN ONE YUAN 祖 馬 1954 |
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