Modern Japan coin type set (Meiji to early Showa)
From personal collection
01-1 Old type 20 yen (gold)
01-2 Old type 10 yen (gold)
01-3 Old type 5 yen (gold)
01-3A Old type 5 yen (gold) Reduced
01-4 Old type 2 yen (gold)
01-4A Old type 2 yen (gold) Reduced
01-5 Old type 1 yen (gold)
01-5A Old type 1 yen (gold) Reduced
01-6 New type 20 yen (gold)
01-7 New type 10 yen (gold)
01-8 New type 5 yen (gold)
01-9 Old type 1 yen (silver)
01-10 New type 1 yen (silver) Large size
01-10A New type 1 yen (silver) Small size
01-10B New type 1 yen (silver) Large size - Counterstamp "silver"
01-10C New type 1 yen (silver) - Counterstamp "silver"
01-11 1 yen (brass)
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Diameter: 20mm
Alloy: 60-70% copper, 40-30% zinc Weight: 3.20g 3 year type Total mintage: 451.17m |
| Showa 23 (1948) | Showa 24 (1949) | Showa 25 (1950) |
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01-12 Trade dollar (silver)
01-12A Trade dollar (silver) - Counterstamp "silver"
01-13 Rising Sun Dragon 50 sen (silver) Large size
01-13A Rising Sun Dragon 50 sen (silver) Small size
01-14 Dragon 50 sen (silver)
01-15 Rising Sun 50 sen (silver)
01-16 Crow 50 sen (silver)
01-17 50 sen (silver) Phoenix small size
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Diameter: 23.50mm Alloy: Silver 72%, Copper 28% Weight: 4.95g |
| Taisho 11 (1922) - 76.32m | Taisho 12 (1923) - 185.18m | Taisho 13 (1924) - 78.52m |
| Taisho 14 (1925) - 47.81m | Taisho 15 (1926) - 32.57m | Showa 3 (1928) - 38.59m |
| Showa 4 (1929) - 12.57m | Showa 5 (1930) - 10.2m | Showa 6 (1931) - 27.68m |
| Showa 7 (1932) - 24.13m | Showa 8 (1933) - 10.0m | Showa 9 (1934) - 20.0m |
| Showa 10 (1935) - 11.74m | Showa 11 (1936) - 44.27m | Showa 12 (1937) - 48m |
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| Showa 13 (1938) - 3.6m | ||
01-18 50 sen (brass) Large size
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Diameter: 23.50mm Alloy: 60-70% copper, 40-30% zinc Weight: 4.50g Apparently there is a scarce variety of Showa 21 50 sen which rays appear under the phoenix. This is very likely caused by die clash from the bottom of the wheat at the obverse under the text 50 sen. Nevertheless, such die clash are rather scarce. Also much rarer is the 50 sen minted in Showa 22. Extremely scarce. Total mintage: 268.16m |
| Showa 21 (1946) | Showa 21 (1946) with die clash | Showa 22 (1947) |
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01-19 50 sen (brass) Small size
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Diameter: 19.0mm Alloy: 60-70% copper, 40-30% zinc Weight: 2.80g Total mintage: 849.23m Two year type |
| Showa 22 (1947) | Showa 23 (1948) |
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01-20 Rising Sun Dragon 20 sen (silver)
01-21 Dragon 20 sen (silver)
01-22 Rising Sun 20 sen (silver)
01-23 Rising Sun Dragon 10 sen (silver)
01-24 Dragon 10 sen (silver)
01-25 Rising Sun 10 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 17.57mm Alloy: 72% silver, 28% copper Mass: 2.25g |
| Meiji 40 (1907) - 12.0m | Meiji 41 (1908) - 12.27m | Meiji 42 (1909) - 20.28m |
| Meiji 43 (1910) - 20.34m | Meiji 44 (1911) - 38.73m | Meiji 45 (1912) - 10.76m |
| Taisho 1 (1912) - 10.34m | Taisho 2 (1913) - 13.31m | Taisho 3 (1914) - 10.33m |
| Taisho 4 (1915) - 16.84m | Taisho 5 (1916) - 10.34m | Taisho 6 (1917) - 35.17m |
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01-26 Crow 10 sen (silver)
01-27 10 sen (nicupro)
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Diameter: 22.17mm Alloy: Copper 75%, Nickel 25% Weight: 3.75g |
| Taisho 9 (1920) - 4.89m | Taisho 10 (1921) - 61.87m | Taisho 11 (1922) - 159.77m |
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| Taisho 12 (1923) - 190.01m | Taisho 14 (1925) - 54.48m | Taisho 15 (1926) - 58.68m |
| Showa 2 (1927) - 36.05m | Showa 3 (1928) - 41.45m | Showa 4 (1929) - 10.05m |
| Showa 6 (1931) - 1.85m | Showa 7 (1932) - 23.15m | |
01-28 10 sen (nickel)
01-29 10 sen (aluminum copper)
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Diameter: 22.0mm Alloy: Copper 95%, Aluminum 5% Mass: 4.00g 3 year type |
| Showa 13 (1938) - 47.0m | Showa 14 (1939) - 121.5m | Showa 14 (1940) - 165.0m |
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01-30 Chrysanthemum 10 sen (aluminum)
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Diameter: 22mm Alloy: Aluminum 100% Mass, mintage:
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| Showa 15 (1940) | Showa 16 (1941) 1.50g | Showa 16 (1941) 1.20g |
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| Showa 17 (1942) 1.20g | Showa 18 (1943) 1.20g | Showa 18 (1943) 1.00g |
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01-31 10 sen (tin)
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: Tin 93%, Zinc 7% Mass: 2.40g One year type |
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Showa 19 (1944) - 450m |
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01-32 Rice 10 sen (aluminum)
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Diameter: 22mm Alloy: Aluminum 100% Mass: 1.00g 2 year type, total mintage of 237.59m |
| Showa 20 (1945) | Showa 21 (1946) |
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01-33 Rising Sun Dragon 5 sen (silver)
01-34 Rising Sun Large Character 5 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 16.15mm Alloy: Silver 80%, Copper 20% Mass: 1.25g 1 year type (Meiji 4 - 1871) with 2 varieties, mintage of 1.67m |
| Meiji 4 (1871) 66 rays, 79 beads | Meiji 4 (1871) 53 rays, 65 beads |
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Reverse was struck with earlier die made for Meiji 3 (1870) 5 sen.
01-35 Dragon 5 sen (silver)
01-36 Chrysanthemum 5 sen (nicupro)
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Diameter: 20.60mm Alloy: 75% copper, 25% nickel Mass: 4.67g |
| Meiji 22 (1889) - 28.84m | Meiji 23 (1890) - 39.26m | Meiji 24 (1891) - 15.92m |
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| Meiji 25 (1892) - 9.51m | Meiji 26 (1893) - 8.53m | Meiji 27 (1894) - 14.68m |
| Meiji 28 (1895) - 1.03m | Meiji 29 (1896) - 5.12m | Meiji 30 (1897) - 7.86m |
01-37 Rice 5 sen (nicupro)
01-38 5 sen (nicupro) Large size
01-39 5 sen (nicupro) Small size
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Diameter: 19.09mm Alloy: Copper 75%, Nickel 25% Mass: 2.63g 5 year type |
| Taisho 9 (1920) - 100.46m | Taisho 10 (1921) - 133.02m | Taisho 11 (1922) - 163.98m |
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| Taisho 12 (1923) - 60.0m | Showa 7 (1932) - 8.0m | |
01-40 5 sen (nickel)
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: 100% nickel Mass: 2.80g 5 year type
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| Showa 8 (1933) - 16.15m | Showa 9 (1934) - 33.65m | Showa 10 (1935) - 13.68m |
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| Showa 11 (1936) - 36.21m | Showa 12 (1937) - 44.40m | |
01-41 5 sen (aluminum-copper)
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: 95% copper, 5% aluminum Mass: 2.80g 3 year type |
| Showa 13 (1938) - 40.0m | Showa 14 (1939) - 97.90m | Showa 15 (1940) - 34.50m |
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01-42 5 sen (aluminum)
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: 100% aluminum Mass, mintage:
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| Showa 15 (1940) | Showa 16 (1941) 1.20g | Showa 16 (1941) 1.0g |
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| Showa 17 (1941) | Showa 18 (1943) | |
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01-43 Holed 5 sen (tin)
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Diameter: 17.0mm Alloy: Tin 93%, Zinc 7% Mass: 1.95g One year type |
| Showa 19 (1944) - 70.0m |
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01-44 Dove 5 sen (tin)
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Diameter: 17mm Alloy: 93% tin, 7% zinc Mass: 2.00g Two year type, total mintage of 180.0m |
| Showa 20 (1945) | Showa 21 (1946) |
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01-45 2 sen (copper)
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Diameter: 31.81mm Alloy: Copper: 98%, Tin 1%, Zinc 1% Mass: 14.26g C scales used from Meiji 6 (1873) - Meiji 10 (1877), V scales used from Meiji 10 (1877) - Meiji 17 (1884) Total mintage of Meiji 6 and 7 are 3.95m
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| Meiji 6 (1873) | Meiji 7 (1874) | Meiji 8 (1875) - 22.84m |
| Meiji 9 (1876) - 25.82m | Meiji 10 (1877) old - 33.10m | Meiji 10 (1877) new - 43.29m |
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| Meiji 13 (1880) - 33.14m | Meiji 14 (1881) - 38.48m | Meiji 15 (1882) - 43.57m |
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| Meiji 16 (1883) - 19.48m | Meiji 17 (1884) - 12.09m | |
01-46 Dragon 1 sen (copper)
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Diameter: 27.87mm Alloy: Copper 98%, Tin 1%, Zinc 1% Mass: 7.13g C scales used from Meiji 6 (1873) - Meiji 10 (1877), V scales used from Meiji 13 (1880) - Meiji 21 (1888) Two varieties in Meiji 14, small "four" and big "four", total mintage 16.12m
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| Meiji 6 (1873) - 1.30m | Meiji 7 (1874) - 25.64m | Meiji 8 (1875) - 32.83m |
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| Meiji 9 (1876) - 38.05m | Meiji 10 (1877) - 98.04m | Meiji 13 (1880) - 33.95m |
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| Meiji 14 (1881) - small "four" | Meiji 14 (1881) - big "four" | Meiji 15 (1882) - 19.15m |
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| Meiji 16 (1883) - 47.61m | Meiji 17 (1884) - 53.70m | Meiji 18 (1885) - 46.85m |
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| Meiji 19 (1886) - 26.89m | Meiji 20 (1887) - 22.25m | Meiji 21 (1888) - 25.86m |
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01-47 Rice 1 sen (bronze)
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Diameter: 27.87mm Alloy: Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1% Mass: 7.13g Apparently dates of Meiji 39, 42 and 44 do exist but not known. |
| Meiji 31 (1898) - 3.65m | Meiji 32 (1899) - 9.74m | Meiji 33 (1900) - 3.09m |
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| Meiji 34 (1901) - 5.56m | Meiji 35 (1902) - 4.44m | Taisho 2 (1913) - 15.0m |
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| Taisho 3 (1914) - 10.0m | Taisho 4 (1915) - 13.0m | |
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01-48 Paulownia 1 sen (bronze)
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Diameter: 23.03mm Alloy: Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1% Mass: 3.75g |
| Taisho 5 (1916) - 19.19m | Taisho 6 (1917) - 27.18m | Taisho 7 (1918) - 121.79m |
| Taisho 8 (1919) - 209.96m | Taisho 9 (1920) - 118.83m | Taisho 10 (1921) - 252.44m |
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| Taisho 11 (1922) - 253.21m | Taisho 12 (1923) - 155.50m | Taisho 13 (1924) - 106.25m |
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| Showa 2 (1927) - 26.50m | Showa 4 (1929) - 3.0m | Showa 5 (1930) - 5.0m |
| Showa 6 (1931) - 25.0m | Showa 7 (1932) - 35.07m | Showa 8 (1933) - 38.94m |
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| Showa 9 (1934) - 100.0m | Showa 10 (1935) - 200.0m | Showa 11 (1936) - 109.17m |
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| Showa 12 (1937) - 133.20m | Showa 13 (1938) - 87.65m | |
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01-49 Crow 1 sen (brass)
01-50 Crow 1 sen (aluminum)
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Diameter: 17.6mm Alloy: Aluminum 100% Mass: 0.90g 3 year type, variety on Showa 14 (1939) Total mintage for Showa 14 (1939) - 444.60m |
| Showa 13 (1938) - 45.50m | Showa 14 (1939) Type A | Showa 14 (1939) Type B |
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| Showa 15 (1941) - 602.11m | ||
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01-51 Mt. Fuji 1 sen (aluminum)
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Diameter: 16mm Alloy: Aluminum 100% Mass: Showa 16-18 (1941-43) 0.65g Showa 18 (1943) 0.55g |
| Showa 16 (1941) - 1.02b | Showa 17 (1942) - 119.71m | Showa 18 (1943) 0.65g - 1.16b |
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| Showa 19 (1943) 0.55g - 627.16m | ||
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01-52 1 sen (tin)
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Diameter: 15mm Alloy: Tin 50%, Zinc 50% Mass: 1.30g Two year type Total mintage of Showa 19 (1944) and Showa 20 (1945) is 1.63b |
| Showa 19 (1944) | Showa 20 (1945) |
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01-53 1/2 sen (copper)
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Diameter: 22.00mm Alloy: Copper 98%, Tin 1%, Zinc 1% Mass: 3.56g Total mintage of Meiji 6, 7 is 16.80m Total mintage of Meiji 10 is 29.28m C scales used from Meiji 6 (1873) - Meiji 10 (1877), V scales used from Meiji 10 (1877) - Meiji 21 (1888) |
| Meiji 6 (1873) | Meiji 7 (1874) earlier version | Meiji 7 (1874) later version |
| Meiji 8 (1875) - 17.08m | Meiji 9 (1876) - 24.29m | Meiji 10 (1877) c scale |
| Meiji 10 (1877) v scale | Meiji 12 (1879) - 29.96m | Meiji 13 (1880) - 14.09m |
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| Meiji 14 (1881) - 17.93m | Meiji 15 (1882) - 26.46m | Meiji 16 (1883) - 38.20m |
| Meiji 17 (1884) - 38.48m | Meiji 18 (1885) - 31.67m | Meiji 19 (1886) - 31.83m |
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| Meiji 20 (1887) - 35.65m | Meiji 21 (1888) - 25.74m | |
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01-54 5 rin (bronze)
01-55 1 rin (copper)
05/11/2007