The Chinese team won the World Baseball Series Top 24 championship for the first time on Sunday (November 11), writing a new chapter in Taiwanese baseball, and the whole country rejoiced. President of TaiwanLai QingdeIt was reported that on Monday (25th) at a meeting with New Taipei City Democratic Progressive Party Committee Chairwoman Su Qiaohui, lawmaker Lin Shufen and others, she proposed a plan to change the “Little League Baseball Player” pattern on the NT$500 banknote to “Taiwan Baseball Hero” to commemorate the great moment of Taiwanese baseball.
New Taipei City Councilor Zhang Weiqian posted on Facebook on the 25th that Lai Qingde specifically mentioned at his meeting that day that the Taiwanese team won first place in the world at the Tokyo Dome baseball game and planned to enter the “Little League Baseball “Player” on the 500 yuan banknote will be changed to “Little League Baseball Player” in the future. “Taiwan Baseball Hero.” Taiwan will also be committed to grassroots baseball education, related baseball culture and legacy issues in the future, and hopes that through the power of society, more people will pay attention to grassroots baseball education and baseball legacy.
The current NT$500 banknote features Taitung Southern Kingdom Little League players on the front and Mount Dabajian and Sika deer on the back. According to the China Trust Cultural Center, Nanguo Primary School is a mini-school with only a hundred teachers and students. Most young players are able to endure hardships and love baseball. Under coach Lu Yongmao’s strict training environment, the team achieved consistent victories in many domestic and foreign competitions. In 1998, it won the national soft and hard Little League championships, setting a record in Little League history.
In 1998 and 1999, the Southern Kingdom Little League team represented the Taiwanese team on an expedition to the United States to compete in the Pony League World Little League Championship. When they returned to Taitung, they dominated the World Little League Championship In triumph, the entire team drove off from Fengnian Airport, after performing in the jeep, he returned to the tribe and was warmly welcomed by the tribe. Documentary film director Zeng Wenzhen once made the documentary “After the Champion” based on the story of Nan Wang’s victory, and has also participated in many international documentary exhibitions.
The Chinese Top 12 champion team is expected to appear on the 500 yuan bill?
On whether to revise the 500-yuan bill and change the front image from “Little Leaguer” to “Chinese Team” of Taiwan’s baseball heroes, Taiwan’s central bank said it would carefully consider whether there are relevant opinions.
In fact, there have been rumors in the past that the New Taiwan Dollar will be revised, including on the eve of the 2019 and 2020 presidential elections and on the eve of the 2024 presidential election, but also by former central bank governor Peng Huainan said,The revision of the New Taiwan Dollar will cost NT$500 billion.
Why does the revision of banknotes cost so much money?
Former issuing director Shi Zunhua once stated that if the New Taiwan Dollar is revised, many of them will need to be replaced, such as automated teller machines (ATMs), anti-counterfeiting and banknote sorting machines, as well as banks and shops cash registers and banknote validating machines, coin machines and currency exchange machines all need to be replaced, especially for a period when both the old and new currencies exist at the same time. From the perspective of countries around the world, currency revision is basically nothing but a problem of Fight counterfeiting, otherwise there will be hyperinflation.
Top 12 champions presented with commemorative coins?
In addition to the revision method, the central bank has also issued many commemorative coins in the past, including zodiac coin sets, presidential and vice presidential inauguration commemorative coins, national park coins, Taiwan aboriginal cultural collection coins, etc. as commemorative circulation banknotes such as new The Taiwan dollar has 50 yuan commemorative plastic banknotes and 50 yuan banknotes to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China issued. Also, many commemorative circulation coins were issued, such as the 100-yuan commemorative coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Taiwan, the 10-yuan coin commemorating the millennium and the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The 10 yuan coins commemorating the 90s, the 10 yuan coins commemorating Mr. Jiang Weishui, etc. It only takes at least half a year to open the mold and order the materials for customization.
