Taiwan Currency

The New Taiwan dollar is the official currency of Taiwan since 1949. Its ISO 4217 is TWD, and its official symbol is $ or NT$.

Taiwan - Banknotes

NT$100 banknote

The person who appears in this note is Sun Yat-sen.

He was born in Zhongshan (China) on November 12, 1866 and he died in Beijing (China) on March 12, 1925.

He was a Chinese revolutionary. He was the foremost pioneer of Republic of China. Sun is referred to as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in the People's Republic of China (China).

The new design for the Banknote of NT$100 with July 3, 2000 edition, started to circulate in Taiwan on July 2, 2001.

NT$200 banknote

The person who appears in this note is Chiang Kai-shek.

He was born in Fenghua (China) on October 31, 1887 and he died in Taipei (Taiwan) on April 5, 1925.

He was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party.  Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War (the Chinese theater of World War II). He was not able to maintain good relations with the Chinese Communist Party. The Communists defeated the Nationalists in 1949. Chiang's government and army retreated to Taiwan, where he ruled the island securely as President of the Republic of China and General of the Kuomintang until his death in 1975. He ruled mainland China for 22 years, and Taiwan for 30 years.

The new design for the Banknote of NT$200 with July 3, 2000 edition, started to circulate in Taiwan on January 2, 2002.

NT$500 banknote

The banknote features a youth baseballers. The Taiwan’s baseball is famous in Little League baseball, winning 17 times in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995 and 1996.

The new design for the Banknote of NT$500 with July 3, 2000 edition, started to circulate in Taiwan on December 15, 2000. The Central Bank of China relaunched the banknote with a holographic stripe and a darker color due to counterfeiting concerns and possible confusion with the NT$100 banknote. NT$500 banknotes without the holographic stripe have been recalled and withdrawn from use on August 1, 2007. As of October 1, 2007, only the Bank of Taiwan accepts such notes.

NT$1000 banknote

In this banknote features four children studying around a globe, symbolizing education. The origins of the design of the 1,000 New Taiwan dollar bill which features four children studying around a globe have finally being traced to an elementary school teacher in Taipei.

The photo on which the note is based was taken by Lin Huiyu, a music teacher at Fuxing Elementary School in Taipei. Lin said that she was asked to take some photos by a friend who worked for the Central Engraving and Printing Plant — a subsidiary of Taiwan's central bank — in 1998. She added that she was unaware of the purpose of the photos until she saw the new bill in 1999.

The new design for the Banknote of NT$1000 with July 3, 2000 edition, started to circulate in Taiwan on July 20, 2005.

NT$2000 banknote

The banknote depicts technological advances with the FORMOSAT-1. The FORMOSAT-1 is an Earth observation satellite operated by the National Space Organization of Taiwan to conduct observations of the ionosphere and oceans and was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA by Lockheed Martin (an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technology company with worldwide interests) on January 27, 1999.

The new design for the Banknote of NT$2000 with July 3, 2000 edition, started to circulate in Taiwan on  July 1, 2002. This banknote does not appear common to the public possibly due to its new denomination and fears of losses through receiving a large-value counterfeit banknote.