foreign coin

I have no idea what this coin is. It could be worthless for all I know Im just curios about it
Also wondering country of origin and year it was made.

 

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someone please help me out

 

Sorry not to be more help, but the coin is Chinese (Taiwan) and is year 62 (from what i don't know) and has a value of 5 of some unit. My wife is Japanese and she could tell this much.

 

i really appreciate this, I couldnt even figure out what language it was thankyou

 

Taiwan 5 Chiao Year 62 (1973)

This coin is a nickel-brass 5 chiao of Taiwan, registered in Krause as reference Y# 546.
The coin should measure 23 mm in diameter and should weigh 3.7 g.

For year 62 (chirstian era 1973) 88,840,000 pieces were struck, so it is a fairly common piece.

Values are, according to Krause 2012:
VF: 0.10 USD
XF: 0.2 USD
UNC: 1.00 USD
BU: 1.25 USD

 

haha not this $10,000 coin I was hoping for but imo its still pretty neat thanks