Top: Chrysanthemum Flower (Coat of Arms & Emperor`s Royal Seal) Centre: Value within a Floral design Bottom: Paulownia Flower (Government Seal of Japan)
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
一 錢 (Translation: 1 Sen)
Reverse description
Mythological `crow` bird Yatagarasu
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
❀ 本 日 大 ❀ 年 四 十 和 昭 (Translation: ❀ Great Japan ❀ Year 14 of Shōwa)
Edge
Plain
Mint
Mintage
13 (1938) - 年三十和昭 - 45 502 266 14 (1939) - 年四十和昭; Type A (left inner stroke in 四 is tilted) - 444 602 146 14 (1939) - 年四十和昭; Type B (left inner stroke in 四 is symmetric to right inner stroke) - 15 (1940) - 年五十和昭 - 601 110 015