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5 Yuan
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on a cream ground, the obverse carries a vignette of the Bank of Taiwan building at left and a central oval portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen within an intaglio frame. A map of Taiwan occupies the right panel, flanked by ornate guilloche borders. The bank title in Chinese characters appears across the top, with the denomination and date of issue inscribed along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀灣台 幣台 伍 圓 印年五十三國民華中 廠製印央中 (Translation: Bank of Taiwan Taiwanese currency Five Yuan Printed year 35 of the Republic of China Central Printing and Engraving) |
| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in red, presents a central oval vignette of the naval battle against the Dutch (1633), with a fleet of sailing vessels engaged in combat before a coastal landscape. The numeral '5' appears in large format on either side of the central vignette, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The entire design is enclosed within an elaborate geometric lathe-work border with corner ornaments. |
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