Coin Item Number: Ed5.3359 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coin with round, rifled edge; denomination centre, birds right, left, chrysanthemum top; sun centre, text inside flowered design. Obverse has sun centre, dai Nippon top, cherries left, right, Taisho year bottom, flower petal design around. Reverse has 50 sen centre top to bottom, birds left, right, chrysanthemum top, panduras bottom. Text reads right to left; Taisho Year 13.
History Of Use
Circulating coin, worth 50 sen
Item History
- Made in Japan during 1924
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3359
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- silver metal and copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.15 cm, diameter 2.35 cm, weight 4.96 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 1924
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0045