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5 Fen (1/2 Chiao) (Sun Yat-sen)

Catalog codes:: WCC:y348
Themes:: Coats of Arms | Coins | Heads of State | Men | Seals (Emblems) | Tools
Issued on:: 1936
Last issue date:: 1939
Distribution:: Standard Circulation
Composition:: Nickel
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Greek type. Both sides
Weight:: 3.07 grams
Diameter:: 18.5 mm
Face value:: 5 Chinese fen
Known mintage:: 103,189,000
Composition Details:: ~99% Nickel~99% Nickel
Score:: 57% Accuracy: High
Description:: Front: Monk's spade (月牙鏟, earliest sort of money in China) between value 分 and 伍 (cent and 5 -> wǔ/ng)
legend: none
Back: bust Dr. Sun Yat-sen (left, 1st president 1912)
* 12 November 1866 Xiangshan County, Guangdong
legend: decoration (more to the inside, top) 8 characters: 年x十二國民華中
x = 五, 七 or 八 5, 7 or 8)
年 (year) x十二 (year 25,27 or 28 -> 1936 - 1939 國民華中 -> state name
(year) 年五十二 (年 -> year 5 (+) 10 (x) 2 year -> 25 (1936)
(year) 年八十二 (年 -> year 8 (+) 10 (x) 2 year -> 28 (1939)
(state name) 國民華中, (国民华中, Zhōnghuá Mínguó)
translation: Republic of China

km 348.1 (see picture, mint mark A, bottom front, made in Vienna, Austria)

km348.2 (character P'ing both sides portrait)

km348.3 (character Ch'ing both sides portrait)
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Catalog codes:: WCC:y349
Variants:: Click to see variants
Themes:: Coats of Arms | Coins | Heads of State | Men | Seals (Emblems) | Tools
Issued on:: 1936
Last issue date:: 1939
Distribution:: Standard Circulation
Composition:: Nickel
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Greek type. Both sides
Weight:: 4.5 grams
Diameter:: 21 mm
Face value:: 10 Chinese fen
Known mintage:: 252,069,000
Composition Details:: ~99% Nickel~99% Nickel
Score:: 52% Accuracy: High
Description:: iInfringe
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Catalog codes:: WCC:y349.1
Variants:: Click to see variants
Themes:: Famous People
Issued on:: 1936
Last issue date:: 1936
Distribution:: Standard Circulation
Mints:: Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich), Vienna, Austria
Composition:: Nickel
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Greek type. Both sides
Weight:: 4.5 grams
Diameter:: 21 mm
Face value:: 10 Chinese fen
Known mintage:: 60,000
Composition Details:: ~ 98% nickel~ 98% nickel
Score:: 88% Accuracy: Medium
Description:: Front: Monk's spade (月牙鏟, earliest sort of money in China) between value 分 and 拾 (cent and 10 -> shí/sap)
mint mark (bottom): A
legend: none
Back: bust Dr. Sun Yat-sen (left, 1st president 1912)
* 12 November 1866 Xiangshan County, Guangdong
+ 12 March 1925 Beijing
legend: decoration (more to the inside, top) 8 characters: 年五十二國民華中
年 (year) 五十二 (year 25 -> 1936 國民華中 -> state name
(year) 年五十二 (年 -> year 5 (+) 10 (x) 2 year -> 25 (1936)
(state name) 國民華中, (国民华中, Zhōnghuá Mínguó)
translation: Republic of China
Habit: Magnetic
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