China-Yunnan 50 Cents (50 Fen) 1917 Yunnan Province, Tang Jiyao. PCGS VF

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Certification details

PCGS Certification number: 53916368

Grade: Genuine - VF Details (92 - Cleaned)

Nominal value: 50C

Year: 1917

Name: (1917) - Y-479 L&M-863

Country: China-Yunnan

Material: Silver

Major Variety: LM-863 Net Flag

Catalog Number: PCGS 170542

PCGS Catalog Number: 170542

1917, China, Yunnan Province, Tang Jiyao. Silver 50 Cents (50 Fen) Coin. PCGS VF

Mint Date: 1917
Denomination: 50 Cents
Region: Yunnan Province (China)
Reference: L&M 863A, KM-Y#479.1.
Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as VF (Details: Cleaned)!
Material: Silver (.850)
Weight: ca. 13gm
Diameter: 33mm


Obverse: Uniformed bust of General T'ang Chi-yao, within circle of pearls, facing. Wreath below, chinese characters above.
Legend ("translated"): "Military Commander Tang."

Reverse: Crossed flags with circle in center of flag at left. Star above, two stars at sides.
Legend ("translated"): "Support the Republic commemorative coin. Worth 3 Mace and 6 Candareens.")



Tang Jiyao (T'ang Chi-yao, 1883 – May 23, 1927) was a Chinese general and warlord of Yunnan during the Warlord Era of Republican China.

Tang was born in Huize county in 1883 in nowadays Qujing, Yunnan province. He became a revolutionary warrior in southwestern China after he finished his military studies in Japan.

When Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself as the emperor of China in the December of 1915, Tang announced the independence of Yunnan with Cai E (Tsai Ao), Li Jiejun and others. He was also a leader of the army which fought successfully against the army of Yuan Shikai in the National Protection War.

Tang was a notable figure because of his federalist, anti-Communist ideology and pro-Sun Yat-sen policies. After Cai E died in 1916, Tang helped Sun set up the Constitutional Protection Movement in 1917 and started his own party, the People's Party (???) while remaining a member of Sun's KMT. He assisted Sun in defeating the Old Guangxi Clique and later Chen Jiongming's rebellion.

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