Coin

Museum number:
9-11887
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011887
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Coin, copper, Japan. Obverse: Wreath surrounding stylized sun and Japanese characters. Meiji Reign, 1868 - 1912. Reverse: Center, stylized dragon, Japanese characters round edge, with '1 SEN' at base. Denomination: 1 Sen; 7.1 grams.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Dragons
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11887, described as Coin, copper, Japan. Obverse: Wreath surrounding stylized sun and Japanese characters. Meiji Reign, 1868 - 1912. Reverse: Center, stylized dragon, Japanese characters round edge, with '1 SEN' at base. Denomination: 1 Sen; 7.1 grams.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11887, described as Coin, copper, Japan. Obverse: Wreath surrounding stylized sun and Japanese characters. Meiji Reign, 1868 - 1912. Reverse: Center, stylized dragon, Japanese characters round edge, with '1 SEN' at base. Denomination: 1 Sen; 7.1 grams.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11887, described as Coin, copper, Japan. Obverse: Wreath surrounding stylized sun and Japanese characters. Meiji Reign, 1868 - 1912. Reverse: Center, stylized dragon, Japanese characters round edge, with '1 SEN' at base. Denomination: 1 Sen; 7.1 grams.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11887, described as Coin, copper, Japan. Obverse: Wreath surrounding stylized sun and Japanese characters. Meiji Reign, 1868 - 1912. Reverse: Center, stylized dragon, Japanese characters round edge, with '1 SEN' at base. Denomination: 1 Sen; 7.1 grams.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 9-11887, described as Coin, copper, Japan. Obverse: Wreath surrounding stylized sun and Japanese characters. Meiji Reign, 1868 - 1912. Reverse: Center, stylized dragon, Japanese characters round edge, with '1 SEN' at base. Denomination: 1 Sen; 7.1 grams.

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