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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2876637, member: 71642&quot;]Sadly, it&#039;s a 31.&nbsp; Boy, have I ever done the &#039;is that for real????&#039; gasping moment in Krause, only to be shot down.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are absolutely correct--the year is read from the name of the Emperor (<b>明治</b>-Meiji) to the nen (年), and the direction didn&#039;t change from clockwise (right to left) until much later.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>More info here:</p><p><a href="http://www.starcityhomer.com/reading-japanese-coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.starcityhomer.com/reading-japanese-coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.starcityhomer.com/reading-japanese-coins.html</a></p><p>(disclosure, that is a page I made, but no financial conflicts/gain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>If nothing else, scroll to the last section of the page and there are links to the Portland page, the relevant Numista page, and the grandaddy of them all LionCoins:</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm</a></p><p>(which is now permanently archived by the British Library)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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