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500 Yuan 50th Anniv of Return of Taiwan to China
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1995 |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a stylized map of China with the island of Taiwan prominently featured in the right field, united visually with the mainland by radiating sunburst lines emanating from the upper portion of the design, symbolizing the reunion of Taiwan with China. Chinese inscriptions arc across the upper and surrounding rim referencing the 50th anniversary of Taiwan's return. The denomination 500, fineness .999, and weight 5 oz are inscribed in the lower field in Latin characters. |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Taiwan's administrative return to the Republic of China following Japan's defeat in August 1945 — ending fifty years of colonial rule dating to the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895. The political sensitivity of the subject matter in 1995 was considerable: cross-strait tensions that year reached their peak during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, when the PRC conducted live-fire missile tests in the waters surrounding the island in response to Lee Teng-hui's visit to the United States.
At five troy ounces of .999 fine gold, this was among the more substantial commemorative issues in China's 1990s precious-metal program.