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Description A Japanese silver one yen piece of 1870 (even though the file name says 1872, the coin says 明治三年, which translates to Meiji year 3, that is, 1870). "Weight .866, fineness 900. Value 4s 2d." Both sides shown
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Source Engraving from the article "Recent Coinage of the World" in the Companion to the British Almanac of 1874.
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