Help required in dating thisjapnese coin please!

[si666]

Hi,I have obtained a collection of English and foreign coins, and have found this Japanese coin, which in the right date i believe to be valuable. I have looked it up in Krause but can't quite work out the date. Please could someone help. Thanks in advance

[si666]

Here is the picture of the coin for the above post as the original seems to have gone!

[si666]

Here is the picture of the coin for the above post as the original seems to have gone!

Just looking at the picture of that dragon and wondering how they managed the detail 100 odd years ago compared to the crap the royal mint churns out these days!!!

[andyscouse]

The coin is dated 1896 ... the 29th year of the Meiji era (Emperor Mutsuhito, 1867-1912). The date part on this coin is the string of 6 characters together between dots.

The first two are the name of the Emperor (or era), written in Kanji script. Modern eras are 1867-1912; 1912-1926; 1926-1989; 1989-date.

The last is Japanese for 'year' ("nen").

There are then 1, 2 or 3 characters in between, denoting the Regnal Year. For this coin, the 3 numbers used are 2, 10 & 9. The first two are multiplied, then you add the third: (2 x 10) + 9 = 29.

For reference, a a great site for dating Japanese coins. It explains the notation in greater detail.

[si666]

The coin is dated 1896 ... the 29th year of the Meiji era (Emperor Mutsuhito, 1867-1912). The date part on this coin is the string of 6 characters together between dots.

The first two are the name of the Emperor (or era), written in Kanji script. Modern eras are 1867-1912; 1912-1926; 1926-1989; 1989-date.

The last is Japanese for 'year' ("nen").

There are then 1, 2 or 3 characters in between, denoting the Regnal Year. For this coin, the 3 numbers used are 2, 10 & 9. The first two are multiplied, then you add the third: (2 x 10) + 9 = 29.

For reference, a a great site for dating Japanese coins. It explains the notation in greater detail.

Hi and thanks so much for that useful information, I picked this coin up in a collection of foreign stuff, alot of it in good nick and quite old.I will do a bit more research on it and then probably sell as its not the sort of thing i like to collect-thanks again