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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2440643, member: 15588&quot;]One of my favorite coins ever. These can make me drool outright. This is one of three in my stash. I will likely add more as I find these absolutely stunning.</p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/MeijiDragon.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin legends (read right to left, or clockwise, on the coin, unlike contemporary Japanese coins which read left to right; I reversed the text below for readability):</p><p>大日本 - &quot;dai nihon&quot; or &quot;Great Japan&quot;</p><p>明治二十八年 - &quot;may-jee nee joo hachi nen&quot; or &quot;Meiji Year 28&quot; (1895)</p><p>416 = grains, 900 = purity</p><p>銀 - &quot;gin&quot; or &quot;Silver&quot; in counterstamp on reverse</p><p>The line and large character on the reverse mean &quot;one yen&quot; and read, roughly, &quot;ee-chee en.&quot; On contemporary Japanese coins &quot;1 yen&quot; looks like this: 一円 or just &quot;1円.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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