Nippon experts: Can you tell me what year this is?

Aethelred

Thanks!

coinpictures

Year 0 obviously...

Aethelred

Lets try a workaround:

Nope, too big a file.

Aethelred

Well, my website is back up. I have posted pics in the first post.

Stork

Showa 52, which I believe corresponds to 1977.


Cathy

Blackhawk

Isn't the date read from right to left, which would make it yr. 25? I don't know for sure, just asking.

Stork

The way the dates are read changed sometime in the 1940s as I recall (my books are at home). The way to tell is by the character to the far right, after the numbers. It's place is at the end of the date, so if it's at the right, you read left to right, if it's on the left you read right to left.

Cathy


edited to add this link from an old (12/01/2003!!!) post by Steve27 Linkage It's funny, I was trying to think the name of the date character and all I could think of was nen...but lately NEN has meant Northeast Numismatics to me, so I thought I was confused. Go figure.

drjules

Very nice link, I book marked it and now I have a mark called "Japanese Dating"



Sorry that was completely useless with regard to the original question

Dr J

Steve27

Wow, I only vaguely remember the site.

Aethelred

<< <i>Showa 52, which I believe corresponds to 1977.


Cathy >>




That would make it junk at best!

Stork

Not junk, but perhaps 'junque'. Though some might call it Modern Crap .

With the second highest mintage for the 10 yen coins at 1.467 billion, I'm suprised to see it listed in the 2006 JNDA catalog at 200 yen (going by my old translation for condition 'never used, small flaws' as opposed to 'perfect mint state' or 'used but nearly new').


Cathy