REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)
75H ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC
CHIANG KAI-SHEK GOLD COMMEMORATIVE 2000 YUAN MEDALLIC ISSUE
GRADED BY NGC PROOF 69 CAMEO
OBV: FACING BUST OF CHAING KAI-SHEK.
REV: RADIANT MAP OF CHINA WITHIN TRADITIONALÂ ORNAMENTAL BORDER; CHINESE CHARACTER BADGE SUPERIMPOSED ON MAPÂ CENTER.
KM # B-M660
CHIANG KAI-SHEK (1887-1975), WAS CHINESE POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADER OF THE KUOMINTANG OR CHINESE NATIONALIST PARTY. HE WAS AN ALLY AND SUCCESSOR TO DR. SUN YAT-SEN, AND IN IN 1926 CHIANG LED THE "NORTHERN EXPEDITION" MILITARY CAMPAIGN WHICH ENDED THE RULE OF LOCAL WARLORDS AND UNIFIED CHINA BY 1928.
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MILITARY COUNCIL HE LED THE REPUBLIC CHINA THROUGH THE WAR WITH JAPANÂ AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC HE FOUGHT THE LONG AND BLOODY CIVIL WAR AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS.
THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT LOST THE MAINLAND OF CHINA TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC IN 1949, MAINTAINING CONTROL OF AND RELOCATING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINAÂ TO THEÂ Â ISLAND OF TAIWAN.
HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT, DIRECTOR OF THE KUOMINTANGÂ AND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA FROM 1949 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1975.
CHIANG'S LEGACY IN TAIWAN IS MIXED, HIS PROPONENTS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS A NATIONAL HEROÂ AND ANTI-COMMUNIST CHAMPIONÂ WHILE HIS CRITICS BLAME HE AND HIS GENERALS WITH INCOMPETENCE ANDÂ HIS GOVERNMENT WITH AUTHORITARIAN RULEÂ RIFE WITHÂ CORRUPTION. Â
THIS MEDALLION WAS STRUCK IN 1986, A YEAR BEFORE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY. IT ALSO MARKS THE 75TH YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC.
CONTAINSÂ 30Â GRAMS OFÂ .950Â FINE GOLD (.9163 OZ AGW)
33Â MM IN DIAMETER
2011 MARKED THEÂ CENTENNIAL OF THE XINHAI REVOLUTION WHICH LED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
