File:1872 Japanese gold yen obverse.png

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Description A Japanese gold one yen piece of 1870 (even though the file name says 1872, another image Image:1872 Japanese gold yen both.png that contains this image says 明治三年 on the other side, which translates to Meiji year 3, that is, 1870). "Weight 53.5, fineness 900. Value 4s 2d." 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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current19:01, 8 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:01, 8 March 2007213 × 197 (50 KB)Andrew Gray (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=A Japanese gold one yen piece of 1872. "Weight 53.5, fineness 900. Value 4s 2d." Obverse shown |Source=Engraving from the article "Recent Coinage of the World" in the ''Companion to the British Almanac'' of 1874. |Date=1874 |Au

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