Diversity in Numismatics
Cayman Islands


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Set Details
Coin Description:
Grade: NGC AU 55
Owner: RAM-VT
 
Set Category: Other (Diverse collecting in the style of Garrett while on a very limited budget)
Set Name: Diversity in Numismatics
Slot Name: Cayman Islands
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Japan Emperor Mutsuhito (Meiji) 1867-1912 5 Yen – Yr. 30 (1897) Small Size AU-55 Y #32 Census - 74 graded NGC - two with this grade - 72 higher According to legend Japan was founded c.660 B.C. It remand isolated until 1542 when accidentally visited by a stormblown Portuguese ship. There was a flurry of foreign visitors until the Shogunate sensing a military treat in the foreign presents expelled all foreigners and restricted relations with the outside world in the 17th Century. After Commodore Perry’s U.S. flotilla visited in 1854, Japan rapidly industrialized, abolished the Shogunate and established a parliamentary form of government and by the end of the 19th century achieved the status of a modern economic and military power. Following WWII Japan accepted a democratic constitutional form of government. My cost was $325

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