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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1173051, member: 4703&quot;]Collect89&#039;s coin is dated Meiji 37 (read right to left as was the custom then), which is 1904.&nbsp; Between Meiji 6 (1873) and Meiji 39 (1906), more than 165 million of the 17.57mm, 2.7g, .800 silver coins were struck.&nbsp; The seller&#039;s date range is simply wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back then the US dollar and the Japanese yen had the same weight of pure silver, so as noted, 10 sen really was the equivalent of a US dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>When your coin arrives, you can go to <a href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm" rel="nofollow">this site</a> for a quick guide to dating it.&nbsp; I&#039;ll guarantee that it won&#039;t be Meiji 13 (1880) as only 77 were struck according to the Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn. catalog!</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, although during his lifetime the Emperor&#039;s personal name was Mutsuhito, after his death he is properly referred to as &quot;the Meiji Emperor&quot; and his name is not used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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