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The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of the island of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dollars per one new dollar. [1] The base unit of the New Taiwan dollar is called a yuan ( 圓 ), subdivided into ten chiao ( 角 ) or 100 fen ( 分 ), although in practice neither chiao nor fen are used.
The Old Taiwan dollar was in use from 1946 to 1949, beginning shortly after Taiwan's handover from Japan to the Republic of China. The currency was issued by the Bank of Taiwan . Hyperinflation prompted the introduction of the New Taiwan dollar in June 1949, shortly before the Nationalist evacuation from mainland China in December.
For the first time, the Central Bank of the Republic of China began the issuing authority of the banknotes directly, rather than the Bank of Taiwan. [1] This series also ends a four-decade tradition of including Chiang Kai-shek in most of the banknotes of higher denominations except for the NT$ 200 issue, [ 2 ] opting for the more "modern" themes.
The Central Mint, known in English before 2004 as the Central Mint of China (CMC), is a subsidiary company of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan).The major activities of the mint are minting and melting circulation and commemorative coins, and producing commemorative medals and other kind of casting products for government institutions and businesses in Taiwan.
The Renminbi has coins of 1, 2 and 5 jiao. [1] The 2 jiao coin is no longer in circulation. The New Taiwan dollar has coins of 5 jiao (rarely used). [2] The Hong Kong dollar has coins of 1, 2 and 5hou known as 10, 20 and 50 cents). The Macanese pataca has coins of 1, 2 and 5 hou (known as 10, 20 and 50 avos).
Old Taiwan dollar – Taiwan; New Taiwan dollar – Taiwan; Texas dollar – Republic of Texas; Tobagonian dollar – Tobago; Trinidadian dollar – Trinidad; Trinidad and Tobago dollar – Trinidad and Tobago; Tuvaluan dollar – Tuvalu (not an independent currency, equivalent to Australian dollar) United States dollar – United States
The Taiwanese yen (Japanese: 圓, Hepburn: en) was the currency of Japanese Taiwan from 1895 to 1946. It was on a par with and circulated alongside the Japanese yen.The yen was subdivided into 100 sen (錢).
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