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20 New Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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| Year | 2001-2018 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Portrait bust of Mona Rudao (莫那•魯道), the Seediq tribal chieftain and leader of the 1930 Wushe Uprising, rendered in high relief within the copper-nickel inner disc, facing slightly upward and to the left. To the left of the portrait, the name 莫那•魯道 is inscribed vertically in traditional Chinese characters. To the lower right of the portrait, a small decorative architectural motif appears in the field. The aluminium bronze outer ring bears the legend 中華民國 (Republic of China) along the upper arc and the year of issue in the Republic of China calendar along the lower arc, all in traditional Chinese characters. An oval decorative cartouche is positioned at the base of the outer ring. |
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| Reverse description | Three elaborately decorated traditional tatala (cinedkeran) outrigger canoes of the Tao (Yami) people of Orchid Island depicted in low relief, overlapping one another and filling the inner copper-nickel disc. The prows of the canoes are adorned with stylised carved ornamental finials. Flanking the canoes in the outer aluminium bronze ring are four symmetrically placed millet ear sprigs. The numeral '20' appears prominently at the upper left of the outer ring, and the Chinese character 圓 (yuan/dollar) at the upper right, together forming the denomination. Two small raised dots appear at the base of the outer ring. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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