10 sen, silver, with dragon, 1873-1906
M9(1876) CHARACTERS SEPARATED

Owner Comments:

JNDA 01-24. The second design for the 10 sen coin (following the other silver denominations) retains the dragon obverse and changes the reverse to a large character denomination/crest/wreath design. The 10 sen is dated (non-continuously) from M6 (1873)- M39 (1906), with several years either skipped, produced only for exhibitions or otherwise restricted mintages.

This coin is labeled as 'characters separated', but the JNDA does not recognize a variety for this year. Other years do have varieties, but not this year oddly enough.

Diameter 17.57 mm, 0.800 fine silver, 2.7 grams