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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 8386264, member: 102103&quot;]Taisho and Showa are Era names after the ruling Emperor at the time.</p><p>Showa = Hirohito</p><p>Taisho = Yoshihito</p><p>For Showa add 1925 to the regnal year and 1911 for Taisho, I think.</p><p>Original coin looks to be Showa year 10 = <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13954.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13954.html" rel="nofollow">1935 one sen</a>.</p><p>I still routinely find prewar one sen coins in 10 cent bins from time to time, so even without a hole they aren&#039;t worth much in circulated condition.&nbsp; I think the Meji Era 1 sen are worth a bit more, and some dates are hard to get.[ATTACH=full]1488257[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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