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5 Yuan Matsu
| Issuer | Bank of Taiwan |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Currency | New dollar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Sun Yat-Sen within an oval vignette at centre, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The denomination characters 伍圓 appear within an ornate red floral medallion in the lower half, flanked on both sides by the Matsu district restriction overprint in red. Decorative corner rosettes bearing the character 伍 frame the vertical composition, with the issuer name 臺灣銀行 inscribed in Chinese across the upper portion. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of the Bank of Taiwan headquarters building occupies the upper half, with pedestrians and street activity in the foreground. Below, the English denomination legend appears within an elaborate scrollwork cartouche, beneath which a large numeral 5 is set within a guilloché medallion surrounded by a fine latticework underprint bearing repeated text. Red overprint characters 馬 and 祖 appear at lower left and right, reinforcing the Matsu district restriction. |
| Reverse lettering | FIVE YUAN BANK OF TAIWAN FIVE YUAN 5 祖馬 1955 PRINTING FACTORY, BANK OF TAIWAN |
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