Coin Item Number: Ed5.3370 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, smooth edge, holed; rice sprays over gear wheel, denomination on waves below; text around. Obverse has Nippon kuni top, stem with two leaves left, right, Showa year bottom. Reverse has rice leaves and grains top, gear design around wheel, five yen on lines. Text reads left to right; Showa Year 24.
History Of Use
Circulating coin, worth 5 yen
Item History
- Made in Japan during 1949
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3370
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.15 cm, diameter 2.2 cm, weight 3.63 g
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Mantaro Miyamoto
- Received from
- Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1949
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0032