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1 Sen - Taishō Pattern
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Mint |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | The central field features the denomination legend '一錢' (1 Sen) in bold kanji characters, flanked by a stylized chrysanthemum spray above and an elaborate paulownia blossom below, both rendered with fine scrolling foliate tendrils extending laterally into the field. The entire design is encircled by a distinctive geometric key-fret (meander) border pattern, giving the reverse a distinctly ornate and formal character befitting an imperial pattern piece. |
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| Reverse lettering | 錢 一 (Translation: 1 Sen) |
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Pattern coinage from the Taishō period was produced as the Imperial Mint in Osaka worked through design and alloy trials following the transition from Meiji rule in 1912. Taishō-era patterns are systematically underrepresented in Western references — KM listings capture only a fraction of the documented trial strikes held in Japanese institutional collections.
1915 places this piece in the fourth year of Taishō, before the revised 1 sen type entered regular production.