Catalog
2000 New Dollars Chiang Kai-Shek, Pattern
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Value | 2000 Yuan |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Taiwan's Central Bank commissioned pattern coinage in 1966 as part of broader discussions about redenominating the New Taiwan Dollar, which had been stabilized at 40 NTD to 1 USD following the currency reform of 1949 — itself a desperate measure after hyperinflation had obliterated the old Taiwan Dollar. A 2000-unit denomination would have represented significant purchasing power and suggests the redenomination proposals under consideration were substantial. Nothing came of it; the NT Dollar remained unreformed, and these patterns never advanced to circulation.