Cross-country learning guide
Taiwan Trade and Currency
Qing-period foreign silver, treaty-port trade, Japanese colonial integration, and post-1945 transitions kept as separate monetary layers.
Qing TaiwanForeign silverBank of TaiwanPostwar transition
- Routes
- 14
- Relationships
- 8
- Ports
- 8
- Status
- Published
Layered Taiwan history
Taiwan Trade and Currency
Qing-period foreign silver, treaty-port trade, Japanese colonial integration, and post-1945 transitions kept as separate monetary layers.
Qing Taiwan
Foreign silver
Bank of Taiwan
Postwar transition
| Date | Event | Bounded account |
|---|---|---|
| 17th century | trade-circulation | Dutch and Spanish trade drew silver into Taiwan's maritime exchange setting. |
| 1897–1914 | circulation-transition | Japan continued producing silver yen for Taiwan after domestic demonetization, ending after the 1914 production. |
| 1946–1949 | postwar-transition | The Taiwan dollar replaced the Taiwanese yen at par in 1946; the New Taiwan dollar replaced the old unit at 1:40,000 in 1949. |
Source trail
Institutional and contemporary evidence
National Museum of Taiwan History1872 Mexican eagle dollar collection recordCentral Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Currency MuseumDevelopment of currency in TaiwanMinistry of Finance, Republic of China (Taiwan)Bank of Taiwan and the New Taiwan Dollar transitionJapan MintJapan Mint history of the one-yen coinUnited States Office of the HistorianForeign Relations, 1878: silver dollars at Chinese portsBritish MuseumMexican 8 reales with Chinese chopmarksBank of Japan Currency MuseumHistorical events and currencies in useBank of Japan Currency MuseumYokohama treaty-port display and the 1859 countermarkMinistry of Finance, JapanMinistry of Finance history: Trade YenHong Kong Monetary AuthorityMonetary systems in Hong Kong's historyUnited States Office of the HistorianForeign Relations, 1878: silver, sycee, assays, and exchangeRoyal Mint MuseumBritish Trade Dollar