Coin Item Number: Ed5.3338 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 edge. 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
- Ed5.3338
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper alloy metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.05 in, diameter 0.75 in, weight 0.091 oz
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
- 0522/0038