New Taiwan dollar

New Taiwan dollar
新臺幣[I]
ISO 4217
CodeTWD (numeric: 901)
Subunit0.01
Unit
Unityuan ()
PluralThe language(s) of this currency do(es) not have a morphological plural distinction.
SymbolNT$, , $
NicknameMandarin: (yuán), (kuài)
Hokkien: (kho͘ )
Hakka: (ngiùn)
Denominations
Subunit
110Jiǎo ()
1100Fēn ()
Subunits used only in stocks and currency transactions, and are rarely referred to
Nickname
 Jiǎo ()Mandarin: (máo)
Hokkien: (kak)
Hakka: (kok)
 Fēn ()Hokkien: (sian)
Hakka: (siên)
Banknotes
 Freq. usedNT$100, NT$500, NT$1000
 Rarely usedNT$200, NT$2000
Coins
 Freq. usedNT$1, NT$5, NT$10, NT$50
 Rarely used12¢, 1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 10¢, 20¢, 50¢, NT$20
Demographics
Date of introduction15 June 1949
ReplacedOld Taiwan dollar
User(s) Republic of China
Issuance
Central bankCentral Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
 Websitewww.cbc.gov.tw
PrinterCentral Engraving and Printing Plant
 Websitewww.cepp.gov.tw
MintCentral Mint
 Websitewww.cmc.gov.tw
Valuation
Inflation0.85%
 Source[1] 2008–2018
 MethodCPI 10-year average
New Taiwan dollar
Traditional Chinese新臺幣
Simplified Chinese新台币
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīntáibì
Wade–GilesHsin1-t'ai2-pi4
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSîn-thòi-pi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSāntòihbaih
Jyutpingsan1 toi4 bai6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSin-tâi-pè
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese新臺票
Transcriptions
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSîn-thòi-phêu
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSāntòihpiu
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSin-tâi-phiò

The New Taiwan dollar[I] (code: TWD; symbol: NT$, also abbreviated as NT) is the official currency of the Republic of China. Usually, the $ sign precedes the amount, but NT$ is used to distinguish from other currencies named dollar. The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of the island of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dollars per one new dollar.[1] The base unit of the New Taiwan dollar is called a yuan (), subdivided into ten chiao () or 100 fen (), although in practice neither chiao nor fen are used.

There are a variety of alternative names for the units in Taiwan. The unit of the dollar is typically informally written with the simpler equivalent character as , except when writing it for legal transactions such as at the bank, when it has to be written as the homophonous . Colloquially, the currency unit is called both (yuán, literally "circle") and (kuài, literally "piece") in Mandarin, (kho͘, literally "hoop") in Hokkien, and (ngiùn, literally "silver") in Hakka.

The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has issued the New Taiwan Dollar since 2000. Prior to 2000, the Bank of Taiwan issued banknotes as the de facto central bank between 1949 and 1961, and after 1961 continued to issue banknotes as a delegate of the central bank. The central bank began issuing New Taiwan dollar banknotes in July 2000, and the notes issued by the Bank of Taiwan were taken out of circulation.[2]


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  1. ^ Chuang, Chi-ting (17 February 2001). "Legislator pans new bank notes". Taipei Times. p. 4.
  2. ^ Han Cheung (9 June 2024). "Taiwan in Time: How the New Taiwan dollar became the national currency". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

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