I cannot figure out what type of coin i have here. I am not knowledgeable when it comes to coins but am very interested to find out what kind of coin this is! Plz help me anyone! Here are pictures of the front and back of the coin.
You've got a 1973 Taiwan 5-dollar coin. It's worth around 16 cents or so at the current exchange rate.
Ty so much. Not being able to figure this out was really getting the best of me. Really appreciate it Collector1966!
I have 1 more question! In other pictures I have seen of this coin there is a 5 located on the bottom of the back side of the coin. I am assuming that the represents it being a 5-dollar coin. Why does my coin not have the on it?
The 5-dollar coin was downsized and slightly redesigned to include the Western numeral 5 in 1981. You can see coins from Taiwan on this web page: http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Taiwan_all.php
It most certainly does have a "5" - just not the western style so-called arabic numeral. The large characters on the reverse are the Chinese characters for "Yuan" ("Dollar") and the figure "5".
