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Imperial
Year Date Mainland Taiwan Hong Kong Macau
105   Tsai Lun invented paper      
about 1000   Sichaun Province issued the first paper money in the world      
1842 08/29     Hong Kong ceded to UK  
1864       coins issued in HK  
1865       Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corperation issued HKD  
1865       Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China (today's Standard Chartered Bank) issued HKD  
1887         Macau ceded to Portugal
1895     Taiwan ceded to Japan    
1899 09/26   Bank of Taiwan Corporation issued Silver Yen    
1904 07/01   Bank of Taiwan Corporation issued Gold Yen    
1905         Banco Nacional Ultramarino issued Macau Pataca
Republic
1911 10/10 Xin Hai Revolution. Republic of China founded. 1912 is Republuc Year 1      
1924 08/15 Central Bank of China fouded in Guangzhou      
1935   Central Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, and the Farmers Bank of China became the sole issuers of legal tender      
1942 June the rights of the Central Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, and the Farmers Bank of China to issue currency were all concentrated in the Central Bank of China      
1945 08/15 Japan surrendered      
1946 05/20   Bank of Taiwan founded    
1946 05/22   Bank of Taiwan issued Taiwan Dollar (old TWD)    
1948 12/01 People's Bank of China established in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. First series RMB issued      
1949     New Taiwan Dollar issued. 40000 old TWD = 1 new TWD    
People's Republic
1949 10/01 People's Republic of China founded      
1954 09/15   Second vertical series of TWD issued    
1955 03/01 Banknotes of the second series RMB issued. 10000 old RMB = 1 new RMB      
1955 05/10 First series RMB ceased to be legal tender      
1957 12/01 Coins of the second series of RMB issued      
1961 05/01   First horizontal TWD issued    
1961 07/01   Central Bank of China was restored in Taipei    
1962 04/20 Banknotes of the third series RMB issued      
1964 05/15 RMB 3 Yuan, 5 Yuan, and 10 Yuan dated 1953 (second series) cease to be legal tender      
1970 12/21   Second horizontal TWD issued    
1972 10/09   Third horizontal TWD issued    
1980 04/15 Coins of the third series RMB issued      
1982 06/15   Fourth horizontal TWD issued    
1987 04/27 Banknotes of the fourth series RMB issued      
90's
1992 06/01 Coins of the fourth series RMB issued      
1992 10/09   First TWD 50 Yuan (yellow) coin issued    
1993       The Queen's portrait on coins and the colonial coat of arm on the reverse side of banknotes issued by Standard Chartered Bank replaced by bauhinia, and 10 Dollar coin issued  
1994 05/01     Bank of China Hong Kong branch issued HKD  
1995 10/16       Bank of China Macau branch issued MOP
1996 02/01   Second TWD 50 Yuan (yellow center enclosed by white) coin issued    
1997 07/01     Hong Kong handed over  
1999 01/01 Banknotes of the second series RMB ceased to be legal tender      
1999 10/01 Banknotes of the fifth series RMB issued      
1999 12/20       Macau handed over
New Millennium
2000 07/01 Banknotes of the third series RMB ceased to be legal tender      
2000 07/03   Fifth horizontal TWD issued (the text "Bank of Taiwan" was replaced by "Central Bank")    
2000 10/16 Coins of the fifth series RMB issued      
2001 07/09   First TWD 20 Yuan (white center enclosed by yellow) coin issued    
2002 04/26   Third TWD 50 Yuan (yellow) coin issued    
2002 07/01   Old version banknotes of New Taiwan Dollar cease to be legal tender    
2004 07/01   Second TWD 50 Yuan (yellow center enclosed by white) coin cease to be legal tender    

Timeline
Republic of China (1911-1949, on mainland)
People's Republic of China (1949-)
pre-1895 Taiwan
Japanese Colonized Taiwan (1895-1945)
Taiwan, Republic of China (1945-)
History of the first series of RMB (1947-1955)
History of the second series of RMB (1955-1964)
History of the third series of RMB (1962-1987)
History of the fourth series of RMB (1987-1999)
History of the fifth series of RMB (1999-)
Monetary History of Taiwan, Part 1 (-1945)
Monetary History of Taiwan, Part 2 (1945-)
Story of the Old TWD
Monetary History of Hong Kong (1859-)
Monetary History of Macau (1905-)
History and Monetary History of Tachen Islands (1950-1955)

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