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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.
Along with the introduction of this series of banknotes, the New Taiwan dollar became the official currency of the ROC and is no longer secondary to the silver yuan. 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]
After a redenomination, the new unit often has the same name as the old unit, with the addition of the word new. The word new may or may not be dropped a few years after the change. Sometimes the new unit is a completely new name, or a "recycled" name from previous redenomination or from ancient times. [citation needed]
A new yuan was introduced in 1955 at a rate of 10,000 old yuan = 1 new yuan, known as the renminbi yuan. It is the currency of the People's Republic of China to this day. The term yuan is also used in Taiwan. In 1946, a new currency was introduced for circulation there, replacing the Japanese issued Taiwan yen, the Old Taiwan dollar. It was not ...
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).
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Currency of Taiwan can refer to any of the following: Taiwanese yen issued by the colonial government of Taiwan under Japanese rule from 1895 to 1945; Old Taiwan dollar used from 1946 to 1949; New Taiwan dollar the currency of Taiwan since 1949.