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5 Sen - Taishō with sakura around hole
| Issuer | Imperial Japanese Mint |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central round hole surrounded by a raised ring, flanked on either side by the Chinese numeral 五 (five) to the right and the character 錢 (sen) to the left, denoting the denomination. Above the hole, the Imperial chrysanthemum (kikumon) is prominently displayed amid decorative scrolling tendrils. The lower half of the field is occupied by a detailed naturalistic composition of budding plant sprigs with rounded leaves, rendered in fine relief. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The KM# Pn70 designation places this squarely in pattern territory — this is not a circulation strike but a trial piece produced by the Imperial Japanese Mint as part of exploratory work on the holed coinage series that would define Japanese small denomination issues through the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. The sakura border around the hole was ultimately not adopted for the standard 5 Sen type, making survivors of this specific pattern exceptionally rare by any measure.