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1 Yen - Meiji
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Mint |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | 年 四 十 三 治 明 ❀ 本 日 大 ❀ ONE YEN ❀ (Translation: Great Japan ❀ Year 34 of Meiji ❀ One yen ❀) |
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| Reverse lettering | 一 圓 (Translation: 1 Yen) |
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KM#Pn32 designates this as a pattern strike, not a circulation issue — a distinction that fundamentally changes what this coin is. Japan had been producing the standard Meiji silver yen for decades by 1901, so this piece wasn't filling a currency gap; it was almost certainly struck for official presentation or internal mint review purposes. Pattern coinage from the Imperial Japanese Mint in this period was tightly controlled, with surviving examples extremely limited in number.