I have a Taiwan 5 Chaio coin. I looked it up in the standard catalog of world coins, but they were made from 1981 to 1988. I can't figure out how to figure that out. Can you help me please?
2007-10-20 18:16:47 · 5 answers · asked by rdrmn 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
OK if I start from the right? The fifth character is 7 the 10 the 7 and last is 1000. So, This means 77 plus 1911 which is 1988. Is this correct?
2007-10-21 19:30:04 · update #1
5 Chiao is actually 50 cents. The small bronze one with a 1/2 on the reverse was made in 1981,1986 and 1988. The coins are dated as to the year of the republic which was 1911. So year 70 would be 1981. 70 + 1911 = 1981. If You had a scan or good photo I could tell you. It would take to long in this format for me to teach you to read the numbers and my computer does not have a character key board. Go to a library and see if they have a book on Chinese numbers. I will try, the 3rd and 4th character in from the left is the date number. An + like character means 10 then if the next character looks like a t then it is 70. The other Characters are harder to get across. Hope this helps some.
2007-10-21 13:35:32 · answer #1 · answered by Taiping 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Taiwan Coin
2016-12-28 13:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, here's what you can do:
- View this image and identify your chinese characters
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=74894&rendTypeId=4
- read the Taiwanese date, backwards, starting from 5th character. The "+" character is the multiplier of 10 of the 5th character. The last character is not a number but means year, a noun.
- Finally add the chinese year to 1911. That was when the Republic of China started.
Update:
Yes, if the fifth character is 7, next is 10 and next is 7, then you have year 77 of the Republic of China. The last character is the character for "year", not 1000 although both look almost identical. Plus 77 to 1911 and the year is AD1988. For your extra info, the first 4 characters mean "Republic of China".
2007-10-21 14:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taiwanese Coins
2016-11-12 04:24:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post images here and someone should be able to reply and tell you. I've had the same problem and they've always been able to tell me.
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/default.asp
2007-10-21 06:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋