Not necessarily, but the fact that they barely circulate means they don’t need to be replaced as they are also not being damaged.
I spent all mine. Need to get more.
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I never ever seen one, and the Family mart girl she said never ever, but had a $2000 and $200 paper
Your plan to get people use it does not seem to be working
@marco hasn’t done it since that time. @marco’s cash poor and suspended all fun and is in heavy debt.
@marco’s busy with higher priority things.
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Got one today, its good and real
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Yeah, we proved him wrong upthread.
Unfortunately, after going through my initial batch, I have been in financial trouble due to several factors and have been unable to go and put down money at the bank to collect and distribute them as bills see the money come and go quickly. When I get back onto my feet, I will continue my journey.
This isn’t because of the coins, but because of life.
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marco must be back on it!
edit shit i really ought to have read one more post down
Maybe the first batch was so successful that one of my coins finally made it into the hands of @PeiHua-Connie fully across the country.
Yeah it’s been a tough 22 months.
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Is there other ones besides the with a boat on it?
how about the 50 cent coin? I’ve never seen one in circulation, found one at a coin shop and offered the proprietor 10 NT for it, lol… she refused and just let me take it. I believe that those are no longer legal tender.
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This one right?
It’s weird though - I looked last night and the Central Bank website suggests they’re not in circulation anymore.
The current coins in circulation are issued in five denominations of NT$1, NT$5, NT$10, NT$20 and NT$50.
I feel like I’ve seen them at least once or twice before when I first arrived in Taiwan (2016), because I vaguely remember having to collect two of them to get rid of them in a convenience store. It might be my memory playing tricks on me though - I’m possibly thinking of Thailand, where I’ve definitely done that with 0.25 THB and 0.5 THB coins (also rare and next to useless, but you get them occasionally).
I came in 2015 and have never seen them. They may not be in circulation anymore, but still possibly are considered legal tender.
When I was very newly arrived in Taiwan, a new local acquaintance gave me a 1/2NT coin as a friendly gift. At the time I probably didn’t seem too thrilled because I had no idea it was kind of rare. I’m glad I kept it in a special place with my other collectibles. I still need to get my hands on a 50NT bill.
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Years ago, a long distance ex gifted me a polymer $50 bill.
I still have it in my collection of banknotes in Canada.
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I’ve been here over a decade and never seen a 20 coin. Seems like 25 would make more sense, but that might be my American bias.
I’ve seen 200 bills a few times. I hear rumor of a 2000 bill, which I wish would become more common. 1000 is a weirdly small denomination for the largest (regularly circulated) bill.
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2000nt bills exists, it’s purple. You’ll only see it at banks.
They’re like Canadian 50¢ coins or US dollar coins. They’re rarely found in the wild, but you can order them to spend.
Any bank will have these. They’re rare cause most ATMs don’t spit them out and most people withdraw through ATM.
Yeah, I don’t want them badly enough to deal with the hell that is Taiwanese bank lobbies/lines, but it would be nice if ATMs had them when withdrawing large amounts to avoid the fat wallet.
They’re at the currency exchange corner of Taiwan Bank. Never lines there.
Some do. Usually Taiwan Bank ATMs.