Taiwanese Coin

By the way, when you're trying to photograph a coin it is better to put it down on a surface, otherwise the camera focuses on a bigger object on the background.

Thanks for the info on taking a picture of a coin.

There are a number of pattern coins which have this same design, some with very low mintages ,well actually all of them have very low mintages making them fairly valuable.

The symbols around the bust are important for a positive ID, svslav is more than likely correct in his ID, but better pics will confirm it.

I got better pictures using the copier machine!

I posted them in the main post.

Yes, your picture is clear enough to confirm it's the same coin that svslav posted.

Above the Portrait it says Republic of China Year 43; I can't make out in either pic what it says below the portrait.

On the other side, the denomination, "5 chiao" (= 50 cents) is on either side of the map. Stamped on the map itself is "Province of Taiwan".

The portrait is actually Chiang Kai-shek and not Sun Yat-sen.

The inscription below the portrait looks like wu yue er shi ri which is the date May 20th.

I quick check on the web shows that Chiang Kai-shek was reelected as President by the National Assembly on May 20, 1954 so this coin was probably minted to commemorate the event.

Gary

No, in Taiwan now they have a much smaller 1/2 dollar coin, but it's rarely used.

Oftentimes the design is similar but not exactly the same, and by minute differences you can tell the coin.




We already once had this discussion, Sun Yat-sen vs. Chiang Kai-shek. I do firmly believe the man on Jacquueyn's coin is the same as on the earlier coinage of Taiwan, Sun Yat-sen. Chiang did not appear on the coins till 1961.



It used to be. They have a newer version now. In particular, the new 5 chiao (or half yuan) looks like this