Coin Item Number: Ed5.3339 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coin with round, smooth edge, holed; denomination right, left, spray, chrysanthemum top; flower design around hole, text around, wavy background. Obverse has eight petalled flower around central hole, dai Nippon top, dots left, right, Taisho year bottom, wave design around. Reverse has 5 sen, chrysanthemum top, panduras spray bottom. Text reads right to left; Taisho Year 9.
History Of Use
Circulating coin, worth 5 sen
Item History
- Made in Japan during 1920
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3339
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper alloy metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.14 cm, diameter 1.92 cm, weight 2.65 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 1920
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0037