From the end of the Japan Meiji Era a Rising Sun 50 Sen

Description: 15.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE From my father’s foreign coin collection, a very nice condition fifty Sen coin from the end of the Japanese Meiji era (year 44 – 1911). This is an excellent condition eighty percent silver coin with over eight dollars in silver value. The item seen in the picture is the item for sale. The winning bidder will pay postage (plus $1 handling) and sales tax. No combined shipping on this item. Please e-mail questions - Good Luck.On the front: Chrysanthemum Flower (Coat of Arms & Emperor's Royal Seal) at the top. On the sides of the value (50 Sen) are branches of Paulownia Flower (left) and Chrysanthemum Flower (right). On the back: Radiant Sun surrounded by a ring of cherry blossoms, with “Great Japan · Year 44 of Meiji · 50 Sen ·” around.Coin stats:Calendar: Japanese - Meiji eraValue: 50 Sen (0.5 JPY)Composition: Silver (.800)Weight: 10.12 g Diameter: 27.3 mm Thickness: 2 mm Fifty sen coins were first struck towards the end of 1870 (year 3 of Meiji). This new coinage gave Japan a western style decimal system based on units of yen, which were broken down into subsidiary currency of sen, and rin. Silver bullion began to rise sharply in 1903 (year 36) which threatened to exceed the face value of the fifty sen coin. An amendment to the "currency law" was promulgated as a remedy in March 1906 which lowered fifty sen coins from 30.9mm to 27.3mm, and their weight from 13.47g to 10.12 grams. This third and final design used during the Meiji era on these now smaller coins is called rising sun 50 sen a sunburst design on the reverse was restored. The wreath design previously used on the back side of the dragon coins was adopted for the obverse. FROM Wikipedia

Price: 8 USD

Location: Chino Hills, California

End Time: 2024-11-15T21:44:46.000Z

Shipping Cost: 1.97 USD