diamond Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I'm back! I cannot figure out what the date/year is on the Japanese coin below. I tried looking it up before coming here, but my headache became too painful to continue. So, I thought I would ask my new friends. If you can help, I would appreciate it. (This is harder then I thought, but I'm not a quitter.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbirde56 Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 This Japanese 10 Yen coin is dated year 56 (1981) of Emperor Hirohito's reign. The dating (below the 10) is in the format of 5+10+6=56. http://home.psknet.com/tbirde/Coins/JapNumbers.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond Posted July 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 hmmmm. I can only see (understand) some of the Japanese signs as they relate to what you're saying but I don't get all of it. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Yup, it is 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbirde56 Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Of the 6 characters below the 10 only the 3rd, 4th and 5th are numerals. The others are unknown to me as well. You might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Of the 6 characters below the 10 only the 3rd, 4th and 5th are numerals. (I was going to say this earlier, but you had it under control.) The last character is the one for year. 5 10 6 reads as 5 times 10 plus 6. 56 Year. The first and second would be the characters for the name of the reign, Meishi, Showa, Keisei, etc. Just as we call Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration "The New Deal" and Kennedy's "The New Frontier" and Johnson's "The Great Society" so, too, in China and Japan, did the emperor take a name for his reign. I think that Meiji was "Bright Rule" and Keisei (the one we are in now) is "Prosperous Peace." There is a lot on the web (of course). Start here, perhaps http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa041400.htm or Google "japan emperor era" and follow some links. (Chinese cash often have the name of the emperor and the name of his reign on them: four characters, up and down; and then right to left, I think, though some are different.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomodachi Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Keisei (the one we are in now) is "Prosperous Peace."Pretty close Mike, but Emperor Akihito's regnal name ("nengo") is Heisei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Thank you all so much for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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