Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Japan 1 Yen 1903

Japan

Photobucket

Photobucket

Reference: Y# A25.3

Grade: UNC

Value: 1 Yen

26.9600 gram, 0.9000 Silver, 0.7801 oz. ASW, 38.1mm.

Ruler: Emporer Mutsuhito (Meiji)

Obverse: Dragon with beaded circle, legend above, written value below

Reverse: Value with wreath, chrysanthemum above

Note: Reduced size

Mintage: 5,131,096 pieces.

A UNC piece with minor cabinet friction on the reverse, not cleaned. Tough to located UNC pieces for early date of Meiji 1 Yen. Splendid example with nice lusters & strong calligraphy.

No comments:

Post a Comment