Taiwan dollar
Taiwan dollar: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- TWD
- Ancestry branch
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Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The Archives essay dates New Taiwan dollars to 15 June 1949 at 40, 000 old dollars per new dollar. [1]
The Archives essay describes geographically restricted Kinmen and Matsu overprints and ending that distinction in 1989. [2]
Turning points
First issue
The Archives essay dates Taiwan-dollar issuance to 22 May 1946 and exchange of earlier Taiwan banknotes to September–November. [3]
Redenominated as
Taiwan reform from 15 June 1949. [1]
Initial scheduled exchange deadline
Article 6 initially provides unrestricted exchange before 1 December 1949 and temporary old-note circulation at the conversion rate during the exchange period. [4]
New Taiwan dollar regulations take effect
CBC regulations effective 1 July 2000 specify New Taiwan dollars as the national currency and permit delegation of issuance-related management. [5]
Sources and evidence
- Hsu Feng-yuan; National Archives Administration, Taiwan (2019) · 四萬換一元：新臺幣的發行與流通 C116 ↗
- Hsu Feng-yuan; National Archives Administration, Taiwan (2019) · 四萬換一元：新臺幣的發行與流通 C117 ↗
- Hsu Feng-yuan; National Archives Administration, Taiwan (2019) · 四萬換一元：新臺幣的發行與流通 C115 ↗
- Taiwan Provincial Government; National Archives Administration · Taiwan currency reform file: New Taiwan Dollar Issuance Rules C452 ↗
- Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) · Regulations Governing the Issuance of New Taiwan Dollar C118 ↗
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“Taiwan dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000462.html