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Medal - Shimadzu Corporation Headquarters

Features

Location Japan
Emperor Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals
Year 1927
Composition Bronze
Weight 128.4 g
Diameter 61 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
579819

Obverse

Detailed architectural rendering of the newly completed Western-style building

Script: Latin

Lettering: MCMXXVII

Reverse

Corporate emblem at center, flanked by artistic representations of weeping willows and cherry blossoms

Script: Chinese

Lettering:
念記築新

社会式株
所作製津島
店本

Translation:
New construction commemoration
Shimadzu Corporation Headquarters

Edge

Maker's mark in rectangular cartouche

Mint

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

Comments

Shimadzu Corporation is a Japanese company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in Kyoto, Japan. It was established in 1875. 

 

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Medal - Shimadzu Corporation Headquarters
The Coin Cabinet
World Coin Auction 5
Lot 415
Internet Archive
20 Feb 2025 AU USD 47.14
(GBP 35.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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