5 Sen Netherlands East Indies

Features

Issuer Japan
Emperor Shōwa (1926-1989)
Year 1943
Value 5 Sen (0.05)
Currency Gulden (1942-1944)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 0.85 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
70254
References Y# B66
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.

Obverse

Issuing authority obove, big value in the middle, date below

Lettering:
本 日 大
5
2603

Translation:
Great Japan
5
2603

Reverse

Stick puppet ("Wayang") flanked by two sakuras

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

Comments

Struck at the Osaka Mint for use in the Netherlands East Indies. The war situation had worsened to the point that shipping the coins became virtually impossible. Consequently, none of these coins were issued in the East Indies and almost the entire issue was lost or were remelted at the mint. Dates are from the Japanese Shinto dynastic calendar.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1943  NE2603

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