Coin Item Number: Ed5.3341 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 on outside. Reverse has 5 sen, chrysanthemum top, panduras spray bottom. Text reads right to left; Taisho Year 11.
History Of Use
Circulating coin, worth 5 sen
Item History
- Made in Japan during 1922
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3341
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper alloy metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.13 cm, diameter 1.92 cm, weight 2.58 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 1922
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0041