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)
