Post-strike event · 銀
Gin-Countermarked Yen
The 銀 punch is modeled as a post-strike countermark on an existing silver-yen host, with identity and administration kept separate.
銀字一円銀貨
- Core routes
- 15
- Issue studies
- 12
- Cleared image pairs
- 10
- Indexable routes
- 27
Context
Historical and monetary setting
The mark belongs to the 1897 monetary transition and export-use context. Museum objects and specialist references support its physical identity, while exact program scope remains under review.
Identification
How to classify the evidence
Authenticate the silver-yen host first, then examine punch form, placement, displaced metal, patina continuity, and signs of modern tooling.
Evidence boundary
What this page does not claim
The single character 銀 is never an unqualified search route, and unresolved Osaka/Tokyo placement claims are not presented as settled.
Post-strike event
銀 · Host identity retained
- Host
- jp-series-meiji-silver-yen
- Date context
- 1897
- Purpose
- Used after demonetization to distinguish silver yen intended for export-use or non-domestic circulation contexts.
- Authentication
- Authenticate the host coin first, then study punch form, placement, metal displacement, and surface continuity. Forged marks exist.
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Related transition references
Evidence
Sources and scope
These links support the claims on this page. Source authority does not imply permission to republish source images.
Primary legislative evidence for the later Meiji monetary-standard change.
Open sourceDomestic withdrawal of the silver yen after the 1897 law and later production context.
Open sourceSpecialist identity cross-check for the Gin-countermarked host coin; not sole authority for legal history.
Open sourceMuseum object cross-check for the form and placement of a Gin countermark.
Open source