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New Member
India
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Hey everyone,
I'm planning on collecting Japanese coins by type, starting from the Meiji Restoration. For example, I will be collecting a 1 yen coin from all eras such as the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei and the most recent, Reiwa. I understand that the 1 yen coin during the last 3 eras has the same design, but I do want to collect them, not by year but by type.
I would appreciate any information about this collecting area :)
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
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Japanese coins are relatively cheap compared to China and Korea coins, now seems like a good time.
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Valued Member
United States
231 Posts |
I bet that will be interesting to collect. Japanese coins are nice.
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Pillar of the Community
Singapore
631 Posts |
They are also better made with consistent control on specifications like weight and purity. At least that's what I was told.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For starter, here's the link to my Dansco Japan album, which shows all the 1 Yen coins from Meiji. http://goccf.com/t/392213Good Luck! Most later periods should be cheap to locate, but the early one's in silver content will cost a pretty Yen. Edited by macmercury
02/16/2021 11:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I've completed a Japan Dansco type set a while ago and this was quite expensive back then. The most expensive would be the Trade dollar which is easily a four figure coin if you want a problem free one. The silver yen will come as no surprise as the next expensive. 1870 5 Sen can be surprisingly dear. The rest of the coins should be quite doable. Best of luck! My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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United States
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@gxseries,  That's a nice Japan set you got there, my album is the older type, missing a few holes. I can't find the newer edition anywhere. Edited by macmercury
02/17/2021 8:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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macmercury - my dansco is the same as yours. The newer version only has extra slot for the 1970 Expo commemorative coin. I have not come across a version any newer than this other than a Japanese manufactured version.
I cannot post the link directly here but if you look it up on google, I have made an updated digital version. That is now bit old as I have to include the Reiwa coinage as well as the Tokyo Olympic coins.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Japan
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There are a number of normal varieties of Silver 1 Yen coins(Meiji Yr3/1870 - Taisho Yr3/1914) you would need to collect, if you want to collect one example of each major type.
- Meiji Yr3/1870. Old design is different to any others, with no English lettering, dragon on one side, rising sun on the other.
- Meiji Yr3/1874 - Yr19/1886. (Large type, 38.6mm). Newer design with some English lettering, dragon on one side, 1 yen in Japanese on the other.
- Meiji Yr20/1887 - Yr45/1912. (Small type, 38.1mm). Newer design with some English lettering, dragon on one side, 1 yen in Japanese on the other.
- Taisho Yr3/1914. Newer design with some English lettering, dragon on one side, 1 yen in Japanese on the other.
In addition, there are two main subtypes:
- Flame between spine 3 & 4. (1874-1886, 1892-1912)
- Flame between spine 4 & 5. (1887-1892, 1914)
1892 has both types: flame between spine 3 & 4, and flame between spine 4 & 5.
To get these different types, you need to collect 5x One Yen coins:
e.g. Possible combination:
- Meiji Yr3/1870
- Meiji Yr19/1886
- Meiji Yr23/1890
- Meiji Yr28/1895
- Taisho Yr3/1914
Plus the Trade#Dollar. Meiji Yr9/1876 is the most common.
Edited by Dnas
03/03/2021 06:51 am
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Valued Member
United States
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too bad, I like their casting coins, and even some nagasaki trading coins more.
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