1870, Japan, Meiji Period. Beautiful Silver 50 Sen (1/2 Yen) Coin. Mint Year: 1870 (Meiji Year 3) Denomination: 50 Sen (1/2 Yen) Condition. Certified nad graded by NGC as MS-63! 900 Diameter: 31.5mm Weight: 12.5gm. Obverse: Dragon in circle clutching Pearl of Celestial Wisdom. Year 3 (4 characters). Great Japan (3 characters). Reverse: Sunburst crest within beaded circle and wreath. Chrysanthemum, flanked by decorative stylized Pawlonia symbols above. The Meiji period (Meiji jidai), or Meiji era , denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status. This era name means “Enlightened Rule”. After the death of the Meiji Emperor in 1912, the Taisho Emperor took the throne, thus beginning the Taisho period. (3 November 1852 30 July 1912) or Meiji the Great was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death. Like all his predecessors, since his death he has been referred to by a posthumous name. Upon his death a new tradition of giving the late emperor the name of the era coinciding with his reign was established. Having ruled during the Meiji era. He is now known as. As this is not a personal name, more accurately he should be referred to as “the Meiji emperor”. His personal name was Mutsuhito , and although outside of Japan he is sometimes called by this name or. In Japan emperors are referred to only by their posthumous names. Use of an emperor’s personal name would be considered too familiar, or even blasphemous. At the time of his birth in 1852, Japan was an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa Shogunate and the daimyo, who ruled over the country’s more than 250 decentralized domains. By the time of his death in 1912, Japan had undergone a political, social, and industrial revolution at home See. And emerged as one of the great powers on the world stage. A detailed account of the State Funeral in the. Concluded with an observation: The contrast between that which preceded the funeral car and that which followed it was striking indeed. Before it went old Japan; after it came new Japan. The item “1870, Japan, Meiji Period. Beautiful Silver 50 Sen (1/2 Yen) Coin. NGC MS-63″ is in sale since Saturday, May 1, 2021. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Asia\Japan”. The seller is “coinworldtv” and is located in Wien. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Composition: Silver
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Certification: NGC
- Denomination: 50 Yen
- KM Number: 4
- Grade: MS 63
- Year: 1870