Japan 1911 (M44) 10 sen
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This specimen was lot 75345 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN. 10 Sen, Year 44 (1911). Osaka Mint. Mutsuhito (Meiji). NGC MS-65. A worthy example of this mostly circulated type. With engaging original mint brilliance." This type, roughly equal to a dime, was struck 1907-12. The preceding type was 2.69 g, 0.800 fine silver. The last silver ten sen was struck in 1917.
Recorded mintage: 38,729,680, a common date.
Specification: 2.25 g, 0.720 fine silver, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM Y29; JNDA-01-25; JC-09-21.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Banknotes, Tokyo: JNDA (Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn.), 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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