Coin Item Number: Ed5.3365 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coin, denomination top, branch with flowers; denomination in circle, text around. Obverse has 1 yen in centre circle, Nippon kuni top, dots left, right, Showa year bottom. Reverse has 1 yen centre top, branch with stems, 1 central flower, 3 flowers left, right. Text reads left to right; Showa Year 25.
History Of Use
Circulating coin, worth 1 yen
Item History
- Made in Japan during 1950
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3365
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.15 cm, diameter 2.0 cm, weight 3.1 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 1950
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0079