Japan 1915 (T4) sen

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 3613

This specimen was lot 3613 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $50. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN: Taisho, 1912-1926, AE sen, year 4 (1915), a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63 BN." This type was struck 1913-15 at the beginning of the Taisho era and was the last large cent. The succeeding type, KM Y42, was reduced to 3.75 g.

Recorded mintage: 13,000,000.

Specification: 7.13 g, bronze, 27.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM Y35, JNDA-01-47.

Sources:

  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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