1/1,000 yen

Japan 1 Rin

Place the Meiji 1-rin coin within the decimal relationship 1 yen = 100 sen = 1,000 rin and explain why it had no Taishō revival.

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Context

Historical and monetary setting

Rin was the smallest decimal unit. Its coin belongs to the early Meiji copper system; later small-change evolution centered on sen and then yen.

Identification

Do not confuse the Japanese rin with unrelated East Asian cash units.

Evidence boundary

This is a denomination history, not a new annual issue catalog.

Denomination	Yen relationship	Taisho	Showa	Postwar	Legal end
Rin	1 Rin = 1/1000 Yen	5 Rin bronze issued	none in Phase 6 national circulation	obsolete	legal use ended 1953-12-31
1 Sen	1 Sen = 1/100 Yen	small bronze type	brass and aluminum	displaced by inflation	legal use ended 1953-12-31
5 Sen	5 Sen = 1/20 Yen	large then small holed cupronickel	nickel and emergency generations	1946 tin bridge issue	legal use ended 1953-12-31
10 Sen	10 Sen = 1/10 Yen	silver then holed cupronickel	nickel and emergency generations	1946 aluminum bridge issue	legal use ended 1953-12-31
20 Sen	20 Sen = 1/5 Yen	no new regular type within normalized Phase 6 table	none	obsolete	legal use ended 1953-12-31
50 Sen	50 Sen = 1/2 Yen	reduced Phoenix silver	continued silver then postwar brass	1946 and 1947 brass bridge types	legal use ended 1953-12-31

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Evidence

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Coins from the Meiji era onward Bank of Japan Currency Museum

Official specifications, first-issue years, legal-expiry dates, wartime and postwar regular types.

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Small Currency Adjustment and Fractional Payment Act, Act No. 60 of 1953 National Diet Library

Promulgation, legislative history, and legal basis for ending sub-yen currency.

Open source