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100 Yuan Zheng Chenggong, Military Leader
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Weight | 373.242 g |
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| Reverse description | Full-length heroic figure of Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) rendered in bold relief, depicted standing in martial attire with armor and cape, raising a battle standard in his right hand. A fleet of traditional Chinese sailing junks is visible in the left mid-ground against a stylized sea background. The inscription '郑成功' appears in Chinese characters in the upper left field, flanked by his life dates '1624–1662' in Latin numerals. The denomination '100元' is inscribed in the lower right field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Zheng Chenggong — known in the West as Koxinga — expelled the Dutch East India Company from Taiwan in 1662 after a nine-month siege of Fort Zeelandia, ending nearly four decades of Dutch colonial administration on the island. Beijing's decision to issue a large-format silver commemorative in his honor in 1995 was not historically neutral: the timing coincided with escalating cross-strait tensions, and celebrating the man who "recovered" Taiwan carried unmistakable political freight.
The 373-gram format places this among the heavier single-coin issues in the PRC commemorative program of the period. Mintages for these oversized silver pieces were tightly controlled.