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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 236004, member: 669"]Close, but no cigar. The coin is a 1 sen, but it's dated Showa 12 (1937).  The date is at the top of the left picture, which is really the bottom of the coin.  (Actually, both pictures are upside down.) The "+" is 10, the "=" is 2, so the date is 10+2=12.  The two characters to the left of the numbers in the picture are "Showa", and the character to the right of the numbers is "nen" (year). <a href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm#some" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm#some" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a link to the best site on the internet for help in dating Japanese coins. Y#47 is 3.75g, bronze, mintage 133,196,568, catalog value from 15¢-$1.50.  Without the verdegris it would likely be a 75¢ coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> BTW, minted from Showa 2-13 (1927-38), except for the regnal name it is identical to Y#42, minted from Taisho 5-13 (1916-24).[/QUOTE]