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[[Image:Japan SA38-1421o.jpg|300px|thumb|Steve Album sale 38, lot 1421]]
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This specimen was lot 1421 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Japan|JAPAN]]: Meiji, 1868-1912, AR 50 sen, year 39 (1906), key date, lightly toned, Choice About Unc." This type was struck 1906-12 and 1906 is the scarcest date despite the large mintage. This module, reduced from 13.48 g, was used until 1917.

''Recorded mintage:'' 12,478,264.

''Specification:'' 10.10 g, 0.800 fine silver, 27.27 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM Y31. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Japan 1905 (M38) 50 sen|1905 50 sen]]
* [[Japan 1906 (M39) 10 sen|1906 10 sen]]
* [[Japan 1906 (M39) 20 sen|1906 20 sen]]
* [[Japan 1906 (M39) yen|1906 yen]]
* [[Japan 1906 (M39) 20 yen|1906 20 yen]]
* [[Japan 1907 (M40) 50 sen|1907 50 sen]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1906]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]]