Coin Item Number: Ed5.3335 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coin with round, smooth edge; denomination top, bottom, chrysanthemum centre, design around; text vertical, text bottom. Obverse has dai Nippon (top to bottom), Showa year bottom. Reverse has chrysanthemum centre, ichi (1) top, sen bottom, wavy leaf design left, right. Text reads right to left; Showa Year 19.
History Of Use
Circulating coin, worth 1 sen
Item History
- Made in Japan during 1944
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3335
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- zinc metal and tin metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.15 cm, diameter 1.51 cm, weight 1.33 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 1944
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0043