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10 New Dollars Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A stylized tiger rendered in the traditional Chinese paper-cutting art style occupies the central field, depicted with bold, flowing lines and intricate cutwork patterning characteristic of this folk art form. The design employs vivid applied color to accentuate the decorative motifs. Surrounding legends and inscriptions in traditional Chinese characters appear within the field, identifying the issuing authority and the Republic of China year. The composition commemorates the lunar Year of the Tiger. |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistically rendered camellia flower in full bloom dominates the central field, depicted with applied color highlights in white and pale yellow tones, with detailed foliage and a partially open bud visible to the right. The denomination numeral '10' and the Chinese character '圓' appear at the top of the field, while the Gregorian year '2022' is inscribed to the left. The design is executed in a refined illustrative style against a mirrored background field. |
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Taiwan has issued lunar new year commemoratives in this format since the 1990s, cycling through the zodiac with each successive issue. The Tiger cycle beginning in 2022 coincided with the first full Lunar New Year celebrated under pandemic-era restrictions that had severely disrupted traditional cross-strait family gatherings — a fact unremarked on the coin itself but very much present in the year of its release.
The applied color layer, added after striking, is a cold process. It does not affect the underlying relief but is vulnerable to handling, which makes uncirculated storage the only sensible approach for long-term preservation.