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Help On Japanese Coin- Date And Denomination

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Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me out on the date and denomination of this Japanese coin- Thanks!



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It's a one sen coin. The two characters on the bottom picture say that.一eŒ¢

It's also year two of showa, which is 1927. It says, at the bottom of the first picture "year two" and then the name of the emperor, which is showa. 年二å'Œæ˜­

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13954.html

Also says 本 日 大 which is japan big, as far as I can tell , but that's from my Chinese, I don't know any Japanese.
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Japanese during this period is read right to left, so the characters 本日大 mean (roughly) "great Japan" with the characters for Empire omitted.

What a beautiful red Showa 2 one Sen!
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Thanks so much! This came in a lot with about 25 other Japanese coins but this was the highest grade, might even send to get graded since it appears to be a decent date...
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