Here is a ID chart for some of the orginal minted Japanese coins. It covers from 1601 to 1953. It also includes the composition andcirculation on most coins. There are varients of these coins made by different mints. This is the orginal coin ID chart. I will leave the ID numbers on these for me to reference to later. I will reference back to this chart on some of the later articles. Hope this helps. You can click on the attachments. Once they have gone into the next page you can click on them to enlarge them. If you do not understand please ask. Here is a link to learn how to identify the coin. It has symbols and numbers. the lay out on how to read the coins. http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm#some

Here are the inside pages. THey have the composition and some circulation. I will refer back to these in time. The numbers have been left on the pages.

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