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5 New Dollars
| Issuer | Taiwan |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Sun Yat-sen in military attire occupies the central field. A circular commemorative legend in Chinese characters surrounds the portrait along the upper periphery, reading 'Memory of the Centenary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday.' The date inscription in Chinese characters, denoting November 12, Year 54 of the Republic of China (1965), curves along the lower portion of the coin. The portrait is rendered in a restrained, medallic style with fine detail on the collar and facial features. |
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| Obverse lettering | 念紀辰誕年百生先山中孫父國 日二十月一十年四十五國民華中 (Translation: Memory of the Centenary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen`s Birthday November 12, year 54 of Republic of China) |
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Taiwan's 5-dollar coin was introduced in 1965 as part of the New Taiwan Dollar currency system, itself a product of the 1949 monetary reform that replaced the catastrophically inflated Old Taiwan Dollar at a rate of 40,000 to one — a direct consequence of the hyperinflationary collapse that accompanied the Nationalist government's retreat from the mainland.