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1 Yuan blue
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette contains an intaglio portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen facing forward, set against a fine guilloche underprint on a light ground. The issuer name 臺灣銀行 appears in Chinese characters at the upper centre, with the denomination 壹圓 rendered within an ornate foliate medallion in the lower half. Two red seal chops flank the central medallion, and the four corners carry the Chinese numeral 壹; the serial number and date inscription 中華民國四十三年 appear in red at top and bottom respectively. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF TAIWAN ONE YUAN 1954 |
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The Bank of Taiwan operated as a de facto central bank for the Republic of China government after its retreat to the island in 1949, issuing its own currency series distinct from the mainland notes. This 1954 1 Yuan blue belongs to an early stabilization-era series issued under strict controls following the catastrophic hyperinflation that had destroyed the Old Taiwan Dollar — the New Taiwan Dollar, introduced in 1949 at a rate of 40,000 to one, was the foundation these notes were built on.
Printed domestically at the Taiwan Bank Printing Works, the series avoided the foreign printing relationships common among postwar Asian issuers.