Taiwan (1976) 2000 yuan
This specimen was lot 1618 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $42. The catalog description[1] noted, "TAIWAN: AR medallic 2000 yuan, year 65 (1976), 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Chiang Kai-shek, brilliant luster, PCGS graded MS66." 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 depicts Chiang Kai-shek, who did not live to see this issued.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 17.10 g, 0.750 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-X625, L&M-978.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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.
- [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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