Japan 1914 (T3) yen

from the Stacks Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 21319

This specimen was lot 23219 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "JAPAN. Yen, Year 3 (1914). NGC MS-64. One year type and the last of the silver Yen. More charming than most with lovely multicolored iridescent tone in mauve, orange, blue, lime-green and yellow hue over each side." This is the only yen struck during the Taisho era and the last silver yen. Fortunately for collectors, it is common.

Recorded mintage: 11,500,000.

Specification: 26.96 g, 0.900 fine silver, .780 troy oz ASW, 38.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Y-38; JNDA-01-10a.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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