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Japan, 20 gold yen, 1870 (first year of issue)[edit]

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Original – Empire of Japan, 20 gold yen, 1870 (the first year of issue for the Japanese yen). The obverse depicts a dragon, the reverse features a sunburst surrounding a sacred mirror (center), military banners (sides), the Chrysanthemum Seal (top), and Paulownia Crest (bottom).
Reason
High quality, high EV. First year of issue of the Japanese yen. Twenty yen in gold was the highest denomination struck. On average, the 20 yen gold coin weighs 33.33 grams, is 0.900 pure, and weighs 0.96 of an ounce. (The present layout appears customary).
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Japanese yen
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Empire of Japan.
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.


  • Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 05:37, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support High quality image and much EV. Alborzagros (talk) 06:18, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Is it just me, or is there an artefact surrounding the coins? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:06, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not quite sure I understand, could you elaborate?--Godot13 (talk) 17:30, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • There appear to be faint, light gray circles around both coins. Maybe a pixel thick, if that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll tweak it in a few hours when I'm home...--Godot13 (talk) 20:14, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Crisco- I couldn't really see the lines, but I reworked the image from the original regardless. Any better?--Godot13 (talk) 22:50, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Japan 1870 20 Yen (alt).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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