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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 7784346, member: 71642&quot;]Depends on how much you want to slice/dice the types.&nbsp; Definitely a good type set IMO&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically the designs boil down to three types depending on the major design features of the obverse and reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dragon/sunburst (Meiji 3/1870, with 2 varieties, the deep/shallow scales)</p><p>Dragon/character (Meiji 6-39/1873-1906, with a couple varieties)</p><p>Sunburst/character (Meiji 40-Taisho 6/1907-1917)</p><p><br /></p><p>Krause breaks the last group by the regnal eras, Meiji and Taisho.&nbsp; The JNDA does not separate them however and they bear the same catalog number.&nbsp; A matter of taste.&nbsp; The design is the same, but the Emperor (and thus the era) changes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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