In 1949, when the ROC government withdrew from the Chinese mainland, many people fled to Taiwan with only the gold, silver coins and black market US dollars they could carry sewn into the linings of their padded-cotton winter jackets.
民國卅八年國府從大陸撤退，許多人倉皇來到台灣，能帶的僅是縫在棉襖內的黃金、銀元，以及在黑市換的美鈔。