Issued following the relocation of the Republic of China government to Taiwan in 1949, this coin honors Sun Yat-sen as founding father of the ROC — a political claim the exiled Nationalist government carried with particular urgency, insisting it remained the legitimate Chinese state. The hefty copper-nickel plated steel construction was a cost compromise adopted as Taiwan's postwar economy stabilized through the 1950s and early 1960s.
Issued following the relocation of the Republic of China government to Taiwan in 1949, this coin honors Sun Yat-sen as founding father of the ROC — a political claim the exiled Nationalist government carried with particular urgency, insisting it remained the legitimate Chinese state. The hefty copper-nickel plated steel construction was a cost compromise adopted as Taiwan's postwar economy stabilized through the 1950s and early 1960s.