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100 Yuan Founding of ROC
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of China |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | New dollar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | A central portrait vignette of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, is set against an underprint incorporating the text of the 'Chapter of Great Harmony' (禮運大同篇) from the Confucian classic Book of Rites. Guilloche patterns frame the design, with the denomination and issuing authority inscriptions rendered in Chinese characters across the face. |
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| Reverse description | The Chung-Shan Building of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall complex at Yangmingshan National Park in Beitou, Taipei, rendered as a central architectural vignette. The design incorporates commemorative inscriptions marking the centennial of the founding of the Republic of China, with decorative guilloche borders framing the composition. |
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Issued to mark the centennial of the 1911 Revolution — the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China — this commemorative note was released by the Central Bank alongside a broader program of centennial observances. The ROC's complicated position as a government in continuous legal existence since 1912, yet governing only Taiwan since 1949, gave the centennial a particular political charge that the note itself navigates carefully.
The Central Engraving and Printing Plant has produced ROC currency since the government relocated to Taiwan. Commemorative notes from this issuer tend to see limited genuine circulation — most were purchased directly by collectors and never spent.