Representative transition issue

Gin-Countermarked Silver Yen

A silver-yen host carrying the later 銀 punch; the mark is an event, not a new base issue.

銀字一円銀貨

表Exact obverse unavailable 裏Exact reverse unavailable

Context

Historical and monetary setting

The record links the 1897 standard change to export-use silver while preserving the host coin’s original identity.

Identification

Authenticate host and punch separately; inspect displacement, patina continuity, placement, and tool form.

Evidence boundary

No ordinary Silver Yen image is altered to fabricate a Gin mark.

Issue evidence

Era-date rule: Meiji host year is stored separately from Gregorian 1897; Meiji gannen is 1868.

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Evidence

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Imperial Diet record for the 1897 Coinage Law National Diet Library

Primary legislative evidence for the later Meiji monetary-standard change.

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Japan Mint essay on the one-yen coin Japan Mint

Domestic withdrawal of the silver yen after the 1897 law and later production context.

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Japan Gin-countermarked Yen catalog cross-check Numismatic Guaranty Company

Specialist identity cross-check for the Gin-countermarked host coin; not sole authority for legal history.

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Gin-countermarked Japanese yen collection object Bank of Korea Money Museum

Museum object cross-check for the form and placement of a Gin countermark.

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