Quote: There are a number of pattern coins which have this same design
Oftentimes the design is similar but not exactly the same, and by minute differences you can tell the coin.
Quote: The portrait is actually Chiang Kai-shek and not Sun Yat-sen.
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.
Quote: So, is this still a normal Taiwanese coin that they used?
It used to be. They have a newer version now. In particular, the new 5 chiao (or half yuan) looks like this
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