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| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of the Bank of Taiwan building with a flag on the roof; at centre, a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen; at right, an outline map of Taiwan. Bilingual inscriptions in Chinese characters frame the design, with the denomination and issuing authority rendered in formal script. |
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| 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 reverse is printed in red and olive-green on a cream ground, with an elaborate guilloche border framing the central design. A large oval vignette at centre depicts the naval Battle of Liaoluo Bay (1633), with sailing warships engaged in combat before a coastal landscape. The numeral "1000" appears in large figures to the left and right of the central vignette. |
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