Japan 1930 (S5) 50 sen
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This specimen was lot 71170 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAPAN. 50 Sen, Year 5 (1930). PCGS MS-66 Gold Shield. A wonderfully toned Gem offering tremendous color, this piece is rather difficult in such a lofty status, with just four graded finer in the PCGS census." This type was struck in Tokyo 1928-38. The fifty sen was 13.48 g until 1905, then 10.13 g during 1912-17, then 4.95 g during 1922-38 and brass thereafter. This is a slightly better date but not valuable.
Recorded mintage: 10,200,000.
Specification: 4.95 g, 0.720 fine silver, 23.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Y50; JNDA-01-17.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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