繁體 简体 English

:: FAQ > Editorial > Similarities between TWD and RMB (by webmaster) ::   Perhaps most people haven't noticed, after 50 Years of separation, Taiwan and Mainland issued their new banknotes in 1999. And surprisingly, the two new series have so many similarities. First sort TWD ascendingly (100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000), and sort RMB descendingly (100, 50, 20, 10, 5). The colors, in that order, are both red, green, blue, and purple. Besides, if you multiply the pairs with the same color, they all have the same product 10000. The first two TWD have historical figures (Sun, Chiang) on the obverse side, the latter three don't; The first two RMB have Mao Tse-Tung in watermark, and the latter three have flowers in watermark. The first two TWD have buildings on the reverse side, the latter three have natural sceneries on the reverse side; so is RMB. The height of these banknotes are all 70 mm (except 77 mm of RMB 100 Yuan, and 63 mm for RMB 5 Yuan), and the width increases 5 mm for each denomination incremental. Both TWD and RMB carries similar anti-counterfeit device such latent text, micro text, color-shifting ink, see thru image... In addition, the highest value of TWD notes is 1000 Yuan, which is 0.168% of Taiwanese's income; the highest value of RMB notes is 100 Yuan, which is 0.342% of Mainlanders' income. But after the issuance of TWD 2000 in July 2002, the highest denomination/average income ratio of TWD becomes 0.336%. Income data is obtained from CIA World Factbook Besides banknotes, there are also similarities in commemorative coins. 1995: TWD 10 Yuan commemorating 50th anniversary of the liberation of Taiwan (from Japan). RMB 1 Yuan commemorating 50th anniversary of the victory of China against Japan and the victory of world against fascism. 1999: TWD 10 Yuan commemorating 50th anniversary of the issuance of New Taiwan Dollar. RMB 10 Yuan commemorating 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (not exactly the same but both 50th anniversary) 2000: TWD 10 Yuan commemorating the new millennium. RMB 10 Yuan commemorating the new millennium. 2001: TWD 10 Yuan commemorating 90th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China. RMB 5 Yuan commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Revolution of 1991 (or Revolution of Xin Hai). Similarities between the latest series of TWD and RMB (by Webmaster) Denomination, culture, and math (by Webmaster) JPG Compression