File:1872 Japanese gold 2 yen obverse.png

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Description A Japanese gold two 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 107, fineness 900. Value 8s 4d." Obverse 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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