2 Yen Meiji Coin
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Title
2 Yen Meiji Coin
Subject
Numismatics
Description
This coin is from the third year of the Meiji Period (1871). It was worth 2 Yen, and was part of the Meiji Coinage System initiated during the Meiji Restoration. This coinage system represents the consolidation of practical power within the Japanese Government. Before, during the Tokugawa Period, real power often shifted between Shogunate families in different areas of Japan. One of the major national changes during the Meiji Restoration was that all Japanese were expected to use this currency type minted and issued by the Japanese Imperial Government.
Creator
unknown
Source
National Museum of American History
Publisher
[no text]
Date
1871
Contributor
[no text]
Rights
National Museum of American History
Relation
[no text]
Format
Gold
Language
Japanese
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Kanji around the circumference of the coin reads: 3rd Year of Meiji, 2 Yen, Greater Japan. The image in the middle is of a dragon.
Coverage
Meiji Period: 1868-1912
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