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10 New Dollars
| Issuer | Taiwan |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Panoramic view of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum complex at Purple Mountain (Zijin Shan) in Nanjing, depicted in detailed relief showing the grand ceremonial stairway flanked by terraced grounds, the main memorial hall with traditional Chinese-style roofing at upper left, and auxiliary pavilions at lower right, all set against a mountainous backdrop. The denomination in large Chinese characters, reading 拾圓 (Ten Yuan), occupies the lower portion of the field in a bold, formal script. |
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| Reverse lettering | 圓 拾 (Translation: Ten Dollars) |
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Taiwan's 1965 ten-dollar coin appeared during a period when the New Taiwan Dollar had been fully stabilized following the catastrophic hyperinflation of the late 1940s, which had destroyed the old Taiwan Dollar at a conversion rate of 40,000 to one. The currency reform of 1949 was a deliberate break from the mainland's monetary collapse, engineered by the retreating Nationalist government as part of a broader effort to establish economic credibility on the island.
Copper-nickel was a practical choice for a high-denomination circulating coin at this juncture — silver had been abandoned for everyday coinage across most of Asia by this point, and the alloy offered durability without the political complications of precious metal procurement.