1 Sen - Shōwa

Features

Issuer	Japan
Emperor	Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	13-15 (1938-1940)
Calendar	Japanese - Shōwa era
Value	1 Sen (0.01 JPY)
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	0.9 g
Diameter	17.6 mm
Thickness	1.70 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 8949
References	Y# 56 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes). , JNDA# 01-50 Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (publisher). 日本貨幣カタログ. Japan Numismatic Dealers Association, Tokyo, Japan (37 volumes). , Schön# 31 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Mitologiczny ptak "kruk" Yatagarasu Automatically translated

Lettering:
❀ 本日大 ❀
年四十和昭

Reverse

Góra: Kwiat chryzantemy (herb i królewska pieczęć cesarska)
Środek: Wartość w kwiatowym wzorze
Dół: Kwiat Paulownia (pieczęć rządu Japonii) Automatically translated

Lettering:
一
錢

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Mint

Japan Mint (独立行政法人造幣局 / Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku), Japan

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
13 (1938)	45 502 266			$ 0.45	$ 0.45	$ 0.45	$ 0.45	$ 0.69	(en) 年三十和昭	12%
14 (1939)	444 602 146		$ 0.57	$ 0.57	$ 0.57	$ 0.57			(en) 年四十和昭; Type A (left inner stroke in 四 is tilted)	27%
14 (1939)		$ 0.07	$ 0.12	$ 0.26	$ 0.71	$ 0.71	$ 0.71	$ 1.80	(en) 年四十和昭; Type B (left inner stroke in 四 is symmetric to right inner stroke)	30%
15 (1940)	601 110 015	$ 0.11	$ 0.21	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.53	$ 1.60	$ 1.90	(en) 年五十和昭	63%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 161 Lot 1792	18 Jun 2025	15 (1940) – (en) 年五十和昭	UNC	USD 44.93 (EUR 39.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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