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I have a Taiwanese coin and I would like to know more about it. All I know is it's from Taiwan (it has the shape of Taiwan on the back). (Sorry if you can't see the pictures clearly, maybe you can fix it up a bit.) Edit: I got better pictures!   Edited by jacquelyn1998
05/31/2010 3:56 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi jacquelyn1998
Welcome to CC, There are several Yaun's as well as a few other denoms listed that could be your coin, just so you get correct info is there anyway that you could get better pictures?
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Welcome to the forum, Jacquelyn! From what I see it appears to be a 5 chiao coin, year 43 of the Republic (= 1954). The gentlemen on the obverse is Sun Yat-Sen. If I'm right your coin should look like this:  |
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Well, this is the stupid webcam that came with my laptop, and my dad has a digital camera, but I dont know how to plug that up to the computer, but I'm gonna try to get a better picture.
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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.
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that is what it looks like.
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Thanks for the info on taking a picture of a coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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If it is a "stupid webcam" then you need to hold it flash with your face - with your teeth, for example.  |
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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.
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The coin looks like svslav's pictures.
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I got better pictures using the copier machine!
I posted them in the main post.
Edited by jacquelyn1998
05/31/2010 3:55 pm
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Are the pictures good enough?
Also does anyone know what it says on it?
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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".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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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
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So, is this still a normal Taiwanese coin that they used?
Edited by jacquelyn1998
05/31/2010 7:49 pm
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