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The 1-yen coin (一円硬貨, Ichi-en kōka) is the smallest denomination of the Japanese yen currency. Historically they were initially made of both silver and gold in the early 1870s. Historically they were initially made of both silver and gold in the early 1870s.
1 yen 7th 七 1874 KM-Pn23 Virtually identical to the adopted 2nd silver design. [48] 1 yen 34th 四十三 1901 KM-Pn31 The obverse has a sunburst surrounded by a circle with legends around it, "1 YEN" is in Arabic. There is nothing on the reverse except 1 Yen written in Kanji. This coin was struck in copper. [49] 1 yen 34th 四十三 1901
Countermarked one yen coin showing the "gin" stamp on the obverse left side. (stamped in Osaka) Countermarked yen refers to Japanese trade dollars and 1 yen coins that are stamped 銀 (gin), literally meaning "silver" (pronounced with hard 'g'). The countermark was added by the Japanese government in 1897 to these coins dated up to that point.
Early 1-yen coin from 1901 (Meiji year 34), 26.96 grams of 90% fine silver 20 yen coin from 1870 (Meiji year 3) In 1897, the silver 1 yen coin was demonetized and the sizes of the gold coins were reduced by 50%, with 5, 10 and 20 yen coins issued. After the war, brass 50 sen, 1 and 5 yen were introduced between 1946 and 1948.
The Japanese Proof Set (プルーフセット), commonly known as the Proof Set in the United States, is a set of proof coins sold by the Japan Mint. These sets were first issued in 1987 ( Shōwa 62) as "regular proof sets" consisting of denominations of 1 , 5 , 10 , 50 , 100 , and 500 yen (666 yen total).
The 1 yen note (1円券) was a denomination of Japanese yen in seven different series from 1872 to 1946 for use in commerce. These circulated with the 1 yen coin until 1914, and briefly again before the notes were suspended in 1958.
The formerly used notes of 1 to 500 yen from 1946 to the 1980s, while discontinued, continue to be valid. These are, however, worth more than their face value on the collector's market. At present, Japanese banknotes are printed with portraits of people from the Meiji period and later. This is because it is desirable to use an accurate ...
The Yen coin had 26.96 g of silver at that time, and otherwise nearly identical in design to the trade dollar. [1] 2,736,000 coins of this type were minted, the vast majority in 1876-77. [2] When Japan introduced the gold standard in 1897, the silver 1 yen coins, including the trade dollars, were demonetized. The majority of the trade dollars ...