Trade Coins of the Orient
Meiji Empire
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
JAPAN Asia 19th Century |
| Item Description: |
.900 Silver YEN M13(1880) GIN COUNTERSTAMP (1897) |
| Full Grade: |
NGC XF Details |
| Owner: |
The Beaw's Den |
Owner Comments:
This example of the Japanese Silver Yen weighed 26.96 grams with a silver fineness of .900. This particular example has both chop marks and a GIN (Silver) counterstamp applied at the Osaka Mint. The GIN counterstamp signified the coin was demonitized and would trade at Silver value only. Examples with a GIN stamp on the right were produced at the Tokyo Mint. The Osaka GIN stamp is the more common variety.
The GIN stamp can be seen as a circular stamp on the upper LH side of the reverse.