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200 New Dollars Second Popular Vote Presidential Election
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising a stylised plum blossom — the national flower of the Republic of China — encircled by two laurel branches tied at the base, occupying the upper field against a mirror-polished ground. To the left of the central device, Chinese characters indicate the denomination (新台幣貳佰圓); to the right, characters specify the silver fineness and weight (成色999含銀一英兩). The lower half of the field bears a multi-line English inscription commemorating the inauguration of 20 May 2000. The reverse is bordered by a beaded inner rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | 慶祝中華民國第二任總統副總統就職紀念 200圓 |
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Taiwan's 2000 presidential election was only the second direct popular vote in the island's history, following the landmark 1996 election that had itself been conducted under the shadow of PRC military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. The 2000 contest was arguably more consequential — it ended over fifty years of uninterrupted Kuomintang rule when Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party won with just 39% of the vote in a three-way split, a result that sent shockwaves through cross-strait relations.
Commemorative silver issues from the Central Bank of the ROC in this period were produced in modest quantities aimed primarily at the collector market rather than circulation.