Taiwan (1965) 50 yuan
This specimen was lot 1617 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $54. The catalog description[1] noted, "TAIWAN: AR 50 yuan, year 54 (1965), 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Sun Yat-sen, brilliantly lustrous, PCGS graded MS65." Taiwan was originally administered as part of Fujian Province. The archipelago became its own province in 1875. It was seized by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, and returned in 1945. The Republic of China government made Taiwan its seat in 1949, and it has been administered as a separate country since, though the People’s Republic of China does not recognize its sovereignty. This one year type is common and depicts Sun Yat-sen, hero of the overthrow of the Manchus. The denomination was not struck again until 1992.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 17.10 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM Y539, L&M-878.
- Lin Gwo Ming, Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition, Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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