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1942/3 China 50 Cent ( Yuan, 5 Jiao)

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I recently picked up about a dozen of these, some obviously circulated, others not so much (if at all).

The information I've so far been able to find regarding them is pretty sketchy. I see that 57 million were struck in 1942, but only 4 million in 1943, with the latter consequently being ostensibly worth about three times as much as the former. However, the pictures I've seen of what are purportedly the 1943 issue look identical to those presented as being of the 1942 production, so I'm currently unable to differentiate between the two (all of mine, which I think most likely are from 1942, being the same as those in the various photos and as the example the image of which I've posted here).

I also haven't been able to determine whose visage is on these, nor can I yet confirm if they were actually coined in China or elsewhere.

1942/3-China-50-Cent--Yuan,-5-Jiao

1942/3-China-50-Cent--Yuan,-5-Jiao
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 Posted 12/16/2014  12:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bungle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Your coin is from 1942.

1942 = 中華'国三十一年
1943 = 中華'国三十二年

Visage of Sun Yat-sen

Some more details:
http://www.kenelks.co.uk/chinese/ch...republic.htm


Quote:
REFORMED COINAGE OF 1936

As part of their Fa Bi (Legal tender) reforms of 1936 the Nationalist Government introduced a series of small denomination coins at a new mint set up in Shanghai, in nickel or cupro-nickel and copper, which continued to be minted until 1942-1943. The cupro-nickel coins except for the smallest denomination, the 5 fen, had the portrait of Sun Yat-sen on the obverse and a representation of an ancient spade coin (pu) on the reverse together with the value in Chinese characters. The copper coins had an obverse design of the Chinese national sun emblem, also with a pu reverse and the denomination.
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Thank you, bungle. I simply didn't recognize this particular portrait as being of Sun Yat-sen - it's not an especially flattering likeness.
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Well, I have an "oops" to own up to here. It turns out that the specimen I happened to choose to photograph is marked differently from the rest (save one other) - I just didn't catch it at first. Here's how they differ:

1942/3-China-50-Cent--Yuan,-5-Jiao

So may I conclude that I have a pair dated 1942, and that the remainder (all marked like the one to the right) are in fact 1943's?
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Yes the one on the right is a 1943.
1943 - 1911 = 32 (two lines is a 2)
1942 - 1911 = 31 (one line is a 1)

Another link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minguo_calendar

The date is written from right to left, after the name of the country.
You have 3 numeral characters:
character with three lines (this means the number 3)
cross like character (the number 10)
character with one line or two lines (1 or 2)

The final (left most) character means year.
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