Alloy: 80% silver, 20% copper
Mass: 5.00g
Total mintage of both 1870 and 1871: 4,313,015. No breakdown available
01-20 Rising Sun Dragon 20 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 24mm Alloy: 80% silver, 20% copper Mass: 5.00g
Total mintage of both 1870 and 1871: 4,313,015. No breakdown available |
| Meiji 3 (1870) - Shallow scale | Meiji 3 (1870) - Deep scale | Meiji 4 (1871) - Normal | Meiji 4 (1871) - Grease filled "sen" |
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Diameter: 23.50mm Alloy: 80% silver, 20% copper Mass: 5.39g |
| Meiji 6 (1873) | Meiji 6 (1873) "Die filled Mei" Total: 6,214,284 | Meiji 7 (1874) - 3,024,242 | Meiji 8 (1874) - Long ribbon |
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| Meiji 8 (1875) - Short Ribbon Total: 612,736 | Meiji 9 (1876) - Long Ribbon | Meiji 9 (1876) - Short Ribbon Total: 9,200,892 | Meiji 10 (1877) - 5,199,731 |
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| Meiji 13 (1880) - 96 (!!!) | Meiji 18 (1885) - 4,205,723 | Meiji 20 (1887) - 4,794,755 | Meiji 21 (1888) - 703,920 |
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| Meiji 24 (1891) - 2,500,000 | Meiji 25 (1892) - 3,054,693 | Meiji 26 (1893) - 3,445,307 | Meiji 27 (1894) - 4,500,000 |
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| Meiji 28 (1895) - 7,000,000 | Meiji 29 (1896) - 2,599,340 | Meiji 30 (1897) - 7,516,448 | Meiji 31 (1898) - 17,984,212 |
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| Meiji 32 (1899) 15,000,000 | Meiji 33 (1900) - 800,000 | Meiji 34 (1901) - 500,000 | Meiji 37 (1904) - 5,250,000 |
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| Meiji 38 (1905) - 8,444,930 | |||
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01-22 Rising Sun 20 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 20.3mm Alloy: 80% silver, 20% copper Mass: 4.05g |
| Meiji 39 (1906) - 6,555,070 | Meiji 40 (1907) - 20,000,000 | Meiji 41 (1908) - 15,000,000 | Meiji 42 (1909) - 8,824,702 |
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| Meiji 43 (1910) - 21,175,298 | Meiji 44 (1911) - 500,000 | ||
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01-23 Rising Sun Dragon 10 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 17.57mm Alloy: 80% silver, 20% copper Mass: 2.50g
Total mintage: 6,102,674 |
| Meiji 3 (1870) - Shallow scale | Meiji 3 (1870) - Deep scale |
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Diameter: 17.57mm Alloy: 80% silver, 20% copper Mass: 2.70g |
| Meiji 6 (1873) | Meiji 6 (1873) - Total 5,109,951 | Meiji 7 (1874) - 10,221,571 | Meiji 8 (1875) - Earlier Type |
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| Meiji 8 (1875) Later - Total 8,977,419 | Meiji 9 (1876) - 11,890,000 | Meiji 10 (1877) - 20,352,136 | Meiji 13 (1880) - 13 (!!!) |
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| Meiji 18 (1885) - 9,763,333 | Meiji 20 (1887) - 10,421,616 | Meiji 21 (1888) - 8,177,229 | Meiji 24 (1891) - 5,000,000 |
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| Meiji 25 (1892) - 5,000,000 | Meiji 26 (1893) - 12,000,000 | Meiji 27 (1894) - 11,000,000 | Meiji 28 (1895) - 13,719,054 |
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| Meiji 29 (1896) - 15,080,506 | Meiji 30 (1897) - 20,357,439 | Meiji 31 (1898) - 13,643,001 | Meiji 32 (1899) - 26,216,579 |
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| Meiji 33 (1900) - 8,183,421 | Meiji 34 (1901) - 797,561 | Meiji 35 (1901) - 1,204,439 | Meiji 37 (1904) - 11,106,638 |
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| Meiji 38 (1905) - 34,182,194 | Meiji 39 (1906) - 4,710,168 | ||
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01-25 Rising Sun 10 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 17.57mm Alloy: 72% silver, 28% copper Mass: 2.25g |
| Meiji 40 (1907) - 12,000,000 | Meiji 41 (1908) - 12,273,239 | Meiji 42 (1909) - 20,279,846 | Meiji 43 (1910) - 20,339,816 |
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| Meiji 44 (1911) - 38,729,680 | Meiji 45 (1912) - 10,755,009 | Taisho 1 (1912) - 10,344,307 | Taisho 2 (1913) - 13,321,466 |
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| Taisho 3 (1914) - 10,325,327 | Taisho 4 (1915) - 16,836,225 | Taisho 5 (1916) - 10,324,179 | Taisho 6 (1917) - 35,170,906 |
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Majority melted down due to the rising silver prices. Was not released in circulation
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Diameter: 22.17mm Alloy: Copper 75%, Nickel 25% Weight: 3.75g |
| Taisho 9 (1920) - 4,894,420 | Taisho 10 (1921) - 61,870,000 | Taisho 11 (1922) - 159,770,000 | Taisho 12 (1923) - 190,010,000 |
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| Taisho 14 (1925) - 54,475,000 | Taisho 15 (1926) - 58,675,000 | Showa 2 (1927) - 36,050,000 | Showa 3 (1928) - 41,450,000 |
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| Showa 4 (1929) - 10,050,000 | Showa 6 (1931) - 1,850,087 | Showa 7 (1932) - 23,151,177 | |
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Diameter: 22mm Alloy: Nickel 100% Weight: 4.02g Five year type |
| Showa 8 (1933) - 14,570,714 | Showa 9 (1934) - 37,351,832 | Showa 10 (1935) - 35,586,755 | Showa 11 (1936) - 77,948,804 |
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| Showa 12 (1937) - 40,001,969 | |||
01-29 10 sen (aluminum copper)
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Diameter: 22.0mm Alloy: Copper 95%, Aluminum 5% Mass: 4.00g Three year type |
| Showa 13 (1938) - 46,999,990 | Showa 14 (1939) - 121,500,000 | Showa 15 (1940) - 165,000,000 |
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01-30 Chrysanthemum 10 sen (aluminum)
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Diameter: 22mm Alloy: Aluminum 100% Four year type Mass, mintage:
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| Showa 15 (1940) | Showa 16 (1941) 1.50g | Showa 16 (1941) 1.20g | Showa 17 (1942) 1.20g |
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| Showa 18 (1943) 1.20g | Showa 18 (1943) 1.00g | ||
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: Tin 93%, Zinc 7% Mass: 2.40g One year type
Mintage: 450,000,000 |
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Diameter: 22mm Alloy: Aluminum 100% Mass: 1.00g Two year type, total mintage of 237.59m. No breakdown figure available. |
| Showa 20 (1945) | Showa 21 (1946) |
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01-33 Rising Sun Dragon 5 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 16.15mm Alloy: Silver 80%, Copper 20% Mass: 1.25g
Total mintage figure for both 1870 and 1871: 1,501,473 |
| Meiji 3 (1870) - Shallow scale | Meiji 3 (1870) - Deep scale | Meiji 4 (1871) |
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01-34 Rising Sun Large Character 5 sen (silver)
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Diameter: 16.15mm Alloy: Silver 80%, Copper 20% Mass: 1.25g One year type (Meiji 4 - 1871) with 2 varieties, mintage of 1.67m |
| Meiji 4 (1871) 66 rays, 79 beads | Meiji 4 (1871) 53 rays, 65 beads |
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Reverse was struck with earlier die made for Meiji 3 (1870) 5 sen.
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Diameter: 15.15mm Alloy: Silver 80%, Copper 20% Mass: 1.35g
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| Meiji 6 (1873) | Meiji 6 (1873) "Mei connected" Total: 5,593,172 | Meiji 7 (1874) - 7,806,493 | Meiji 8 (1875) |
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| Meiji 8 (1875) "Mei New font" Total: 6,396,784 | Meiji 9 (1876) | Meiji 9 (1876) "Mei Old font" | Meiji 9 (1876) "Mei New font" |
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| Meiji 9 (1876) "Mei old font, incomplete sen" Total: 5,546,424 | Meiji 10 (1877) | Meiji 10 (1877) "Mei old font" Total: 22,024,167 | Meiji 13 (1880) - 79 (!!!) |
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01-36 Chrysanthemum 5 sen (nicupro)
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Diameter: 20.60mm Alloy: 75% copper, 25% nickel Mass: 4.67g Nine year type |
| Meiji 22 (1889) - 28,841,944 | Meiji 23 (1890) - 39,258,103 | Meiji 24 (1891) - 15,924,782 | Meiji 25 (1892) - 9,510,289 |
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| Meiji 26 (1893) - 8,531,858 | Meiji 27 (1894) - 14,680,000 | Meiji 28 (1895) - 1,030,000 | Meiji 29 (1896) - 5,119,998 |
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Diameter: 20.60mm Alloy: 75% copper, 25% nickel Mass: 4.67g Nine year type |
| Meiji 30 (1897) - 4,167,020 | Meiji 31 (1898) - 18,197,271 | Meiji 32 (1899) - 10,658,052 | Meiji 33 (1900) - 2,426,632 |
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| Meiji 34 (1901) - 7,124,824 | Meiji 35 (1902) - 2,448,544 | Meiji 35 (1903) - 372,000 | Meiji 36 (1904) - 1,628,000 |
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01-38 5 sen (nicupro) Large size
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Diameter: 20.60mm Alloy: 75% copper, 25% nickel Mass: 4.28g Four year type |
| Taisho 6 (1917) - 6,781,830 | Taisho 7 (1918) - 9,131,211 | Taisho 8 (1919) - 44,980,633 | Taisho 9 (1920) - 21,906,306 |
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01-39 5 sen (nicupro) Small size
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Diameter: 19.09mm Alloy: Copper 75%, Nickel 25% Mass: 2.63g Five year type |
| Taisho 9 (1920) - 100,455,537 | Taisho 10 (1921) - 133,020,000 | Taisho 11 (1922) - 163,980,000 | Taisho 12 (1923) - 80,000,000 |
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| Showa 7 (1932) - 8,000,394 | |||
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: 100% nickel Mass: 2.80g Five year type
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| Showa 8 (1933) - 16,150,806 | Showa 9 (1934) - 33,851,607 | Showa 10 (1935) - 13,680,677 | Showa 11 (1936) - 36,321,796 |
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01-41 5 sen (aluminium-copper)
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: 95% copper, 5% aluminum Mass: 2.80g Three year type |
| Showa 13 (1938) - 40,001,977 | Showa 14 (1939) - 97,903,873 | Showa 15 (1940) - 34,501,716 |
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Diameter: 19mm Alloy: 100% aluminum Four year type Mass, mintage:
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| Showa 15 (1940) | Showa 16 (1941) 1.20g | Showa 16 (1941) 1.0g |
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| Showa 17 (1941) | Showa 18 (1943) | |
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Diameter: 17.0mm Alloy: Tin 93%, Zinc 7% Mass: 1.95g One year type (1944)
Mintage: 70,000,000 |
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Diameter: 17mm Alloy: 93% tin, 7% zinc Mass: 2.00g Two year type, total mintage of 180.0m. No breakdown figure available. |
| Showa 20 (1945) | Showa 21 (1946) |
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