1 New Dollar

Taiwan's New Taiwan Dollar coinage has operated under a persistent political ambiguity since its introduction — coins issued by the Central Mint carry no explicit claim of sovereignty that would provoke formal diplomatic objections, a deliberate design around the One China problem that has shaped Taiwanese numismatic policy for decades. The issuing authority itself, though operating on Taiwan, was legally constituted as the mint of the Republic of China.

Production spanning over four decades with no major compositional change is unusual for a base-metal circulation piece, particularly one that outlasted significant inflation cycles.