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