1000 New Taiwan Dollar Banknote

1,000 Yuan Dollar (Issued 1911)

The New Taiwan Dollar 1,000 Yuan note is composed in a clean, modernist register that prioritises symbolic imagery over portraiture, presenting its central vignettes with fine intaglio engraving set against soft lithographic background washes of pale blue and lilac. The design philosophy reflects the civic and naturalistic traditions common across East Asian banknote production of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, where educational and environmental motifs carry cultural weight in place of individual statesmen. Gentle guilloché latticework fills the margins and background fields, lending structural complexity to an otherwise spacious and legible layout. The overall aesthetic is restrained yet technically accomplished, characteristic of high-security currency production by the Central Engraving and Printing Plant of Taiwan.

On the front, the dominant feature is a finely engraved central vignette depicting a group of four school-age children gathered around a terrestrial globe, rendered in deep blue-grey intaglio with careful tonal gradation that conveys depth and texture across the figures’ clothing and facial expressions. The children are shown leaning forward with evident curiosity, their hands touching or pointing at the globe, presenting an image of youthful education and global awareness that reflects the Republic of China’s civic values. The background of the vignette carries soft illustrative elements suggesting a classroom or open educational environment. The note’s dominant ground colour is a cool periwinkle blue with pale lavender secondary washes, overlaid with fine multicoloured guilloché rosettes and linear security patterns visible across both left and right margins. The denomination “1000” appears in large, bold numerals in the upper-left corner and lower-left area in dark golden-brown ink, with the formal Chinese character rendering “壹仟圓” positioned vertically to the right of the central vignette. The issuing authority is identified in Chinese characters at the top centre of the note reading “中華民國” (Republic of China) above “中央銀行” (Central Bank), each framed within decorative red seal-style cartouches. The serial number “DK080999YA” appears twice — in the upper-right area and the upper-left — printed in dark reddish-brown ink. A vertical iridescent security strip is embedded near the right edge, visible as a reflective band carrying microprinted text and colour-shifting properties. The text “中央印製廠” (Central Engraving and Printing Plant) is printed in small characters along the lower centre margin. A plum blossom emblem, the national flower of the Republic of China, appears as a small circular motif to the left of the central vignette. The right-hand edge features a vertical column of optically variable numerals printed in green and gold, shifting in colour depending on the viewing angle.

The reverse presents a sweeping landscape composition dominated by a majestic mountain scene rendered in cool blue and violet intaglio, depicting what is identifiable as Yushan (Jade Mountain), the highest peak in Taiwan, its snow-dusted ridgeline rising dramatically across the upper central portion of the note against a sky transitioning from warm amber and rose tones on the left to pale blue on the right, suggesting a sunrise over the island’s interior. Foregrounded prominently in the lower centre of the composition is a Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado), Taiwan’s endemic national bird, rendered with exceptional engraving precision that captures the iridescent blue-black plumage, the distinctive white wing bars, and the long barred tail feathers of the male specimen, shown standing among tufts of native grass. To the left, a branch bearing small red berries adds a further element of Taiwan’s native flora to the composition. The denomination “1000” appears in large dark numerals in the upper-left, and the formal Chinese character denomination “壹仟圓” is positioned to the lower right. A small white plum blossom watermark emblem is visible near the centre-right of the note. Faint watermark imagery and security thread show-through from the obverse are discernible against the pale paper ground. Subtle guilloché patterns and a large ghosted floral motif fill the right-hand margin in pale outlines, providing additional anti-counterfeiting complexity. The Republic of China calendar year of issue is noted in small characters along the lower-left margin reading “中華民國九十三年製版”, indicating the plate preparation year.

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