Catalog
10 Yen - Shōwa 21mm pattern
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Hō-ō (phoenix) in right profile, flanked symmetrically by two small Paulownia (Kiri) flower seals rendered in low relief. A two-line legend arcs across the upper and lower fields respectively, with the date position left intentionally blank. The field is plain and unadorned beyond the primary devices, consistent with an undated pattern or trial piece of the Shōwa era. |
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| Obverse lettering | 日 本 國 昭和 年 (Translation: State of Japan Year of Shōwa) |
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This 21mm nickel pattern for a 10 Yen piece dates to the postwar occupation period, when Japan's monetary system was being rebuilt under Allied supervision. Several competing designs and specifications were tested before the bronze 10 Yen series — featuring Byōdō-in — was finalized for circulation in 1951. Pattern pieces from this phase rarely escaped the mint in any quantity.