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Message:: [QUOTE="ewomack, post: 8389377, member: 15588"]I'm not sure how I missed this post, but yes, as others have already said, it is a 1935 copper (3.75g) Japanese 1 Sen. I have one slabbed and dated Showa 2 (昭和二年) or 1927, shown below. At the time these coins were minted, Japanese read right to left, so reverse everything. Along the top obverse, again reading the coin right to left, 大日本 means "Great Japan" or "Empire of Japan" and the date is on the bottom (昭和十年). The reverse says, "1 Sen" or "一銭," which represented 1/100th of a Yen, so it played a role similar to the US Cent. This denomination ended shortly after WWII. As also already said, these coins don't carry loads of value. I don't think I even paid very much for the slabbed NGC MS 65 RB coin below. The OP's coin, with that hole in it, likely doesn't carry more than the value of its copper, which won't add up to much. They are still fascinating coins despite their usually low values. [ATTACH=full]1488611[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1488612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]