Physical Description:

gold (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 1 mm x 27 mm; 1/32 in x 1 1/16 in

Object Name:

coin

Place made:

China

Associated place:

China

Date made:

1954

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers

Description (Brief):

One (1) 50 cent coin

China, 1954

Obverse Image: Left facing portrait bust (Cheng Kai-Shek?) with Chinese text above and below.

Obverse Text: [Needs Translation]

Reverse Image: Island with two Chinese characters to right and left, all in Greek border.

Reverse Text:

Description:

[[Obverse Text]] 中華民國四十三年， 五月二十日[[Transliteration]] ZHONG / HUA / MIN / GUO / SI / SHI / SAN / NIAN, WU / YUE / ER / SHI / RI [[Translation]] Republic of China forty-three years, May 20

[[Reverse Text]] 五角，臺灣省[[Transliteration]] WU JIAO, TAI / WAN / SHENG [[Translation]] half yuan, Taiwan Province

Location:

Currently not on view

Subject:

Formosa  Search this

Credit Line:

Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112.379

Catalog number:

79.112.379

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-6ab5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_923106