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2000 New Dollars Chiang Kai-Shek, Pattern
| Issuer | Taiwan |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Currency | New dollar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of President Chiang Kai-shek facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed portraiture. A curved Chinese legend arcs along the lower periphery of the field, reading from right to left, recording the Republic of China year 55 and the date October 31st. A further commemorative legend in Chinese characters runs vertically along the right border, denoting the President's 80th birthday. The overall design is austere and monumental, befitting a high-denomination pattern issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | 念紀 (Translation: Commemorate) |
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Taiwan issued pattern coinage in 1966 as part of broader proposals to restructure the New Taiwan Dollar series, none of which entered circulation. This particular piece, struck in silver-plated form rather than solid silver, reflects the cost-conscious approach to pattern production common at the Central Mint of China during the mid-1960s — evaluation pieces meant for official review, not public release.
KM#Pn54 is among the rarer catalog entries from this period of Taiwanese monetary planning. The 2000-dollar denomination itself was never adopted.