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5 Yen in Gold
| Emittent | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Jahr | 1914 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | The obverse carries a vignette of the Taiwan Grand Shrine at right, framed by the bank name inscribed in Chinese characters at top and along the left margin. Denomination numerals appear at all four corners and at center, with an official seal positioned at lower left beneath the bank name. The overall layout follows a formal bilingual format integrating classical Chinese script throughout. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse presents a central vignette of the Kaohsiung lighthouse set within an ornate border, with the English bank title 'The Bank of Taiwan, Limited' inscribed across the top. Denomination values appear in all four corners and flanking the central design in both Arabic and Chinese numerals. The promise-to-pay legend and the legal authorization clause citing the Bank of Taiwan Law (Meiji 30, Law No. 38) are inscribed in English and Japanese across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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The Bank of Taiwan was established in 1899 as a colonial financial institution under Japanese rule, tasked with managing currency across Taiwan and, eventually, extending Japanese financial influence into southern China and Southeast Asia. This 5 Yen gold note belongs to the earliest issues of that bank's paper series, before the gold convertibility clauses became effectively meaningless in practice — the Taisho-era monetary system nominally maintained gold backing long after actual redemption had become a bureaucratic fiction.
The "in Gold" designation is the detail worth pausing on. It survived on the face of Bank of Taiwan notes well into the period when the gold standard had been suspended, a legal formality retained to maintain confidence in a colonial currency whose authority rested entirely on Tokyo's backing.