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5 Sen - Taishō large type
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Mint |
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| Year | 1917-1920 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Kanji) |
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| Mintage | 6 (1917) - 年六正大 - 6,781,830 7 (1918) - 年七正大 - 9,131,211 8 (1919) - 年八正大 - 44,980,633 9 (1920) - 年九正大 - 21,906,326 |
| Additional information |
The large-type 5 Sen was a short-lived design casualty of World War I. Japan's copper-nickel supply came under strain as the war drove global demand for industrial metals, and the Mint experimented with proportions before settling on a reduced type that replaced this issue by 1920. The large format was never revisited.