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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3648694, member: 15588&quot;]Yes, I would like to read that thesis as well, but I also understand why people may not want to distribute their work over the Internet. Can you share some sources that you used for your research for the thesis, [USER=57121]@Sullykerry2[/USER]?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a 5 Rin (五厘) dated Taisho Year 8 (大正八年) or 1919, the final year that Japan minted a Rin coin. NGC graded this one MS64RD. It&#039;s slightly smaller than a US small cent.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/5RinObv.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/5RinRev.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always wondered about the Rin. The mintage figures compared with Yens of corresponding years don&#039;t always make sense on the surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>1873/4: Rins: 6,979,260; Yens: 3,543,037; Ratio: 1.97</p><p>1875: Rins: 3,718,840; Yens: 5,392,006; Ratio: 0.69</p><p>1884: Rins: 16,009,130; Yens: 3,799,192; Ratio: 4.21</p><p><br /></p><p>How did the mint officials decide how many to make in a given year? The mintage numbers are all over the place, but one would have to factor in the Sens to get a better sense of total proportion and distribution of minting. The 1 Rin may not be a very fascinating coin aesthetically (I actually like it), but it may have served as the monetary powerhouse for the general population. Though one would also think the same of the US Half Cent in its own era, but that doesn&#039;t appear to be true. So who really knows?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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