1 Yen - Meiji small type

Features

Issuer Japan
Emperor Meiji (1867-1912)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 7-25 (1874-1892)
Calendar Japanese - Meiji era
Value 1 Yen (1 JPY)
Currency Yen (1871-date)
Composition Gold (.900)
Weight 1.67 g
Diameter 12.12 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
15184
References Y# 9a,
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
JNDA# 01-5A
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.

Obverse

Big value surrounded by text

Lettering:
年 七 治 明 本 日 大 •

Translation:
• Great Japan Year 7 of Meiji
1
Yen

Reverse

Sunburst crest superimposed on sacred mirror, flanked by military banners, chrysanthemum above with paulowian crest below

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Japan Mint (独立行政法人造幣局 / Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku), Japan

Comments

The year 25 coin was struck for exhibition at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago held in 1893.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
7 (1874)  116 341 年七治明
9 (1876)  138 年九治明
10 (1877)  7 246 年十治明
13 (1880)  112 年三十治明
25 (1892)  年五十二治明; see comment section

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