Image:1872 Japanese silver yen obverse.png

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Description

A Japanese silver one yen piece of 1870 (even though the file name says 1872, the coin says 明治三年, which translates to Meiji year 3, that is, 1870). "Weight .866, fineness 900. Value 4s 2d." Obverse shown
Source

Engraving from the article "Recent Coinage of the World" in the Companion to the British Almanac of 1874.
Date

1874
Author

Name of coin designer or engraver not known
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