Among the coins in circulation in Taiwan, only portraits of three historical figures -- Dr. Sun Yat-sen, late President Chiang Kai-shek and aboriginal resistor against Japanese rule Mona Rudao -- are featured, but the Central Bank of the Republic of China is considering whether to issue a new coin bearing an image of Taiwanese democracy pioneer Chiang Wei-shui.
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