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100 New Dollars Sūn Zhōngshān
| Issuer | Taiwan |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a leaping deer bounding to the left, symbolising longevity and good fortune. Above the deer, a crane in full flight is depicted amid stylised clouds, pine branches, and chrysanthemum sprigs rendered in delicate relief, evoking traditional auspicious motifs. The denomination 壹佰圓 (One Hundred Dollars) appears in bold Chinese characters to the left of centre. A decorative floral border of stylised blossoms runs along the lower rim, framing the composition. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, this coin appeared at a politically charged moment: the Republic of China government on Taiwan was still formally claiming sovereignty over the mainland, and commemorating the founder common to both regimes was an implicit assertion of legitimate succession over the People's Republic. Beijing issued its own commemoratives the same year for the same centennial.
The .750 silver fineness is atypical for the period — most contemporaneous commemorative issues from the region used .800 or went straight to .999. Production was handled by the Central Mint of China, relocated to Taiwan after 1949.