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5 Jiao
| Issuer | Central Bank of China (Taiwan) |
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| Year | 1967-1981 |
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| Diameter | 22.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | A finely rendered Cattleya orchid (known as the Mayling orchid, named after Soong Mei-ling) occupies the central field, depicted in full bloom with detailed petals and leaves extending across the design. The Chinese legend reading 'Republic of China' and the Republic year date are arranged in a circular inscription around the lower portion of the field. The rim is adorned with a decorative dashed border pattern. |
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| Obverse lettering | 年九十五國民華中 (Translation: Republic of China Year 59) |
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Taiwan's jiao denominations occupied an awkward middle ground throughout the 1970s — nominally useful but increasingly bypassed by inflation eroding their purchasing power. By the late 1970s, the New Taiwan Dollar had stabilized sufficiently that small-denomination coins like this one saw genuine circulation, though the jiao series as a whole was quietly discontinued by the early 1980s as the coins became economically redundant. The nickel-brass alloy was selected in part to resist the humid subtropical climate of the island, where earlier copper issues had corroded badly in circulation.