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Dnas - are you sure you got your maths right?
Showa 37 is 1962 and Showa 47 is 1972.
Yes, sorry, you are correct.
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The Japanese use "Gen" (start/beginning) to indicate the incomplete "Year 1" of a new emperor's reign. I think Showa became emperor on Dec 26, 1926 (and minting was done for the year at that point), so year 2 started in 1927, when he had been emperor for about a week.
I was recently doing a project with Japanese coins from 1927, and there were only a few values minted in year 2, and none in year 1, as there was no time with only 6 days left!!
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03/21/2017 09:54 am