1916 Coins of the USA and World
Osaka
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
RUSSIA - 1801-1918 |
| Item Description: |
15K 1916(OSAKA) |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 64 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
Owner Comments:
In 1916, Russia decided to order coins from Japan, that is the Osaka mint. Russia ordered them from a country which it had been at war with 12 years earlier, and even to this day there is a bit of a tension betwixt Russia and Japan stemming from territorial claims in the Sakhalin Islands and Kurile Islands chains which changed hands again during WWII.
Since they could not get the coins from Brussels, London, or Paris, which were at war, it must have been desperation.