Recent Purchases - Japanese/Chinese? Pt1

Nice Note sorry I do not have a Pick yet.

G'day Arthrene, the portrait of Dr Sun Yat Sen commonly appears on currency of the Republic of China, which existed after 1911. Dr Sun died in 1925. During the Chinese Civil War, both sides embraced Dr Sun, in the sense of claiming to be his "heirs", but the Guomindang more so. Dr Sun's widow sided with the Communists.
The Civil War effectively ended, with the Communists in control of the mainland, and the Nationalists on the island of Taiwan. Mao Ze Dong (modern spelling) proclaimed the "Peoples' Republic of China" in Beijing on 01 October 1949. That event is refered to as "Liberation". That day is celebrated each year as "National Day", sometimes called "Liberation Day". It is a five-day public holiday.
The Nationalists on Taiwan persist in calling themselves the Republic of China.
Dr Sun continues to be seen on Taiwanese currency. To the best of my knowledge, but I am no expert, Dr Sun has not yet appeared on PRC currency.
Chinese banknotes from that era were orinted in apparently great numbers, and it seems that a lot have survived.
My point being that the portrait of Dr Sun on a note, or coin, should have you thinking "Republic of China".

SAP: my language tutor tells me that the best translation for "yuan" is "unit of currency". To the Chinese way of thinking, the USD is "MeGuo-de yuan" (yuan of America); the GBP is "InGuo-de yuan"; and our own Razoo is the "AoDaLia-de yuan".
The modern term "RenMinBi" is specifically the yuan of the PRC, as opposed to the yuans of other places or other times.

Peter in Oz