| Location | Japan |
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| Year | 47 (1972) |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Composition | Gilding metal plated bronze |
| Weight | 38.79 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Notice | |
| Reference(s) |
| Obverse description | Early steam locomotive next to a early shinkansen train. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Hiragana |
| Obverse lettering | 鉄道開通百年記念 昭和四十七年 (Translation: 100th Anniversary of the Opening of the Railway Showa 47) |
| Reverse description | Depiction of the opening ceremony of the country’s first railway line between Yokohama and Shimbashi on October 14, 1872 (Meiji 5). |
| Reverse script | Hiragana |
| Reverse lettering | 鐵道開業式 見本 新橋-横浜 (Translation: Railway Opening Ceremony Pattern Shinbashi - Yokohama) |
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| Numisquare ID | 5089397460 |
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