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50 Cents Quemoy
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1950-3861 |
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| Value | 5 Jiao = 50 Fen (0.5 TWD) |
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| Obverse lettering | 台灣銀行 伍角 金門 金門 每拾角兌壹圓 限金門通用 中華民國三十八年印 中央印製厰台北厰製 (Translation: Bank of Taiwan 5 Jiao Kinmen Kinmen Every 10 jiao exchange for 1 yuan Limited to circulation in Kinmen Printed in the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China Central Engraving and Printing Works, Taipei Works) |
| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of the Bank of Taiwan head office building with a busy street scene in the foreground, printed in brown on cream paper. The locale overprint 金門 (Kinmen) flanks the central design at lower left and right. A guilloche value cartouche at the base carries the denomination numeral and the legend FIFTY CENTS within an ornamental border with counters at each corner. |
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The Quemoy (Kinmen) supplementary currency series was issued specifically for use on the offshore islands held by the Republic of China government after its retreat from the mainland in 1949. Restricting currency circulation to the islands was a deliberate administrative measure — standard Bank of Taiwan notes were not legal tender on Quemoy, and vice versa, preventing currency flows that could complicate military logistics or be exploited across the strait.
The R-prefix Pick numbers designate the entire Quemoy regional series. This 50-cent denomination sits at the low end of that series, issued for a garrison economy where small transactions dominated daily life among soldiers and the local civilian population.