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1 Yuan green
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 1 Yuan (1 TWD) |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette of the Bank of Taiwan head office building rendered in fine intaglio engraving, surrounded by an intricate guilloche border. The English legend BANK OF TAIWAN is inscribed at the top, with ONE YUAN centred below the vignette. A symmetrical ornamental guilloche medallion incorporating the numeral 1 occupies the lower panel, and the year date 1954 appears at the foot of the note. |
| 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 on Taiwan after 1949, issuing its own currency series distinct from the mainland-era notes. This 1954 yuan series was printed entirely in-house at the Bank of Taiwan's own printing facility — unusual self-sufficiency for a small island economy still heavily dependent on U.S. aid at the time.
The Pick reference P#1965 places this within a long-running low-denomination series. At one yuan, these circulated hard and survivors in decent condition are harder to find than the catalog suggests.