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1000 Yuan

Issuer Bank of Taiwan
Year 1948
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Obverse description A vignette of the Bank of Taiwan building with a flag on the roof occupies the left side, flanked by wheat sprigs along both vertical edges. A portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is centered, with an outline map of Taiwan positioned to the right. The overall layout is framed by a decorative border with guilloche patterning.
Obverse lettering 行銀灣台 幣台 壹 仟 圓 印年七十三國民華中 廠製印央中
(Translation: Bank of Taiwan Taiwanese currency One Thousand Yuan Printed in the 37th year of the Republic of China Central Printing and Engraving)
Reverse description The central vignette, printed in red and set within an oval guilloche frame, depicts a naval battle scene identified as the Battle of Liaoluo Bay (1633). The denomination numeral 1000 appears in large figures on both the left and right sides of the central oval, against an olive-green guilloche underprint with ornate scrollwork borders framing the entire reverse.
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