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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2790075, member: 71642&quot;]I could have really complicated things with another denomination, but felt like using the 50 sen.&nbsp; Inflation, war expenditures...all play a factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver 12.5 grams of .800 silver (1870-1871)</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/gWUuWY8uQROQEBKuy4VL_50%20sen%20M3%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>actually bumped UP to 13.48 grams .800 silver (1873-1905)</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/M95hlMJQQGShJsKJQLEC_50%20sen%20M6%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>reduced to 10.13 grams .800 (1906-1917)</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/X3iGrHYSsacz5HImZblb_50%20sen%20T5%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and on down to 4.95 grams of .720 (1922-1938)</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/DCOBOdzeRuaWgiqyigWb_combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>after that, no more silver</p><p><br /></p><p>Brass, 4.5 grams (1946-19470</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/n7c3ctAfQ22GdSficsm3_50%20sen%20S21%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and on down to </p><p><br /></p><p>Brass 2.8 grams (1947-1948)</p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/3FRm3vTRX26YtEjnirey_50%20sen%20S23%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After that the denomination (basically a half yen) became obsolete and no longer used.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Using a smaller denomination would have taken it on down through cupro-nickel, aluminum bronze, aluminum, tin, and even clay (not officially issued for use, though it did see some use).&nbsp; Some of that not only reflected inflationary pressures but also metal usage for war efforts.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The yen on the other hand merely went through silver to a very short lived brass iteration, and then onto aluminum which is the currently used coin.&nbsp; Wartime uses aside, there is no getting around moving from a crown sized silver to a very lightweight aluminum for a denomination used since the modern coinage started.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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