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5 Yuan

Issuer Bank of Taiwan
Year 1949
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Value 5 Yuan (5 TWD)
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Obverse description Central vignette of a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, set within a decorative frame. The denomination in Chinese majuscule numerals appears below the portrait. Issuing bank name and date inscriptions border the design in vertical format.
Obverse lettering 行銀灣台 伍 圓 印年八十三國民華中 厰北台厰製印央中
(Translation: Taiwan Bank Five Yuan Printed in the thirty-eighth year of the Chinese Republic Central Engraving and Printing, Taipei)
Reverse description Upper portion carries a vignette of the Bank of Taiwan building rendered in fine line engraving. Below, a cartographic outline of Taiwan island frames the large numeral '5' at centre. The date '1949' appears at the foot of the note within a decorative guilloche border running the full width.
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