Japan 1910 (M43) 20 sen
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This specimen was lot 46944 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN. 20 Sen, Year 43 (1910). Osaka Mint. Mutsuhito (Meiji). PCGS MS-66." This is a late date of a type struck 1906-11 as part of the general reduced weight silver coinage. The silver ten and fifty sen were similarly shrunk. Altho the ten sen was struck until 1946 and the fifty sen until 1948, the twenty sen was not issued again.
Recorded mintage: 21,175,298, the highest mintage date.
Specification: 4.05 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-Y30; JNDA-01-22; JC-09-22.
- The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Banknotes, Tokyo: JNDA (Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn.), 2014.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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