| 2018/1/16 |
| The Issuance of the Chinese Zodiac Commemorative Coin Set for the Wu Xu Year of the Dog |
The Central Bank will issue a coin set for the Wu Xu Year of the Dog, the second set of the third series of the Chinese Zodiac Commemorative Coin Set, on January 25, 2018. Each set consists of one silver coin weighing an ounce with a face value of NT$100, as well as one copper-alloy coin with a face value of NT$10.
The Bank has delegated the Bank of Taiwan to sell the coin sets to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to one set per purchaser at a time. A total of 120,000 coin sets will be issued. Each coin set costs NT$1,800.
The obverse of the silver coin shows the gold-plated image of a dog, and the reverse features an image of the performances of the folklore troupes of Sam Thai Tsu (Prince Nezha, a deity in Taiwanese folk religion). The image on the obverse of the copper-alloy coin is the dog, while the image of the orchid plant on the reverse is pad printed in purple and green
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