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1000 New Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of China (Taiwan) |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing truncated bust of Sun Yat-sen occupying the upper two-thirds of the field, rendered in high relief with considerable sculptural detail. Three lines of Chinese characters appear in the lower field below the portrait: the first line reading the commemorative legend for the centenary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, the second giving the Republic of China date (54th year), and the third line indicating the day and month of issue (November 12). |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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This issue marks the first gold coinage produced by the Republic of China government after its retreat to Taiwan in 1949. The sixteen-year gap between that retreat and this 1965 strike reflects both the economic instability of the early Taiwan period and the government's long-standing priority of military preparedness over commemorative minting. The denomination — 1000 New Dollars — was essentially notional; no ordinary transaction would have involved it.
Struck to commemorate the 80th birthday of Chiang Kai-shek, the issue had a very limited mintage and was never intended for circulation.