100 New Taiwan Dollars Banknote (1970 Issue)

100 Yuan Dollar (Issued 1911)

In Taiwan’s post-war decades, the one-hundred yuan note was a meaningful sum in everyday commerce — large enough to settle a market bill or cover a family’s daily provisions, passing through the hands of shopkeepers, civil servants, and traders across the island. A note bearing this denomination would have circulated through bustling night markets in Taipei, across the counters of provincial banks, and between the hands of merchants conducting business in the rapidly industrialising economy of mid-twentieth century Taiwan. As Taiwan’s economic miracle gathered pace, notes like this one moved with increasing velocity through a society transforming from an agricultural base to a manufacturing powerhouse. Today, withdrawn from circulation, it represents a tangible relic of that formative era in Taiwanese monetary history.

On the front, the dominant feature is the engraved portrait of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China and the revolutionary statesman whose image has graced Taiwan’s currency for generations. The portrait is rendered in fine intaglio engraving, presenting Sun Yat-sen in a three-quarter facing left position, wearing a high-collared dark jacket, his expression composed and authoritative. The portrait occupies the left-hand portion of the note against a pale background framed by intricate guilloché patterning. The central area of the note carries the denomination inscription in bold Chinese characters reading 壹佰圓 (one hundred yuan), set beneath the issuing authority’s name — 中華民國 (Republic of China) across the top and 臺灣銀行 (Bank of Taiwan) beneath the denomination. The colour palette of the front is dominated by soft pinks and pale greens, interlaced with fine red and green geometric line work that covers the note’s surface in delicate repetitive patterns. To the right of centre, a further guilloché rosette is visible in orange and teal tones, lending an additional layer of security patterning. The serial number J172841L appears twice — once to the lower left in vertical orientation and once to the lower right in horizontal orientation — printed in dark ink. The numeral 100 appears prominently in the upper left and lower right corners. The borders are dressed in a repeating floral and scroll design printed in green and red, creating a layered frame around the entire composition. Small red seal stamps are visible flanking the central denomination text, adding an additional authenticating element consistent with the Bank of Taiwan’s issue conventions.

The reverse of the note is anchored by a detailed engraved vignette of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei — a grand colonial-era structure with a prominent central clock tower, rendered in fine line engraving that captures the building’s symmetrical façade, arched windows, and flanking wings with considerable architectural precision. Trees are depicted to either side of the building, and the surrounding grounds suggest an open formal approach. The building is set against a pale green background field, while the borders and surrounding panels display the same intricate guilloché geometric latticework seen on the obverse, combining teal, red, and pale green tones in a repeating diamond and crosshatch arrangement. To the upper left, the characters 壹百圓 appear within a decorative panel. The numeral 100 is displayed prominently in the upper right corner within a dark oval reserve, and the words 壹百圓 appear again in the lower right. A floral rosette motif — matching that seen on the front — occupies the left-hand panel, printed in the same orange and teal colouration. Below the central building vignette, an inscription reads 中華民國六十一年版, indicating the Republic of China year of issue. The overall reverse design balances architectural imagery with fine security printing in a palette of pale greens, dark olive, and warm red accents.

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