Representative transition issue
Early Meiji Gold 20 Yen
The large twenty-yen gold coin is a leading representative of the initial old-gold design family.
旧二十円金貨
- Date
- 明治三年 (1870)
- Denomination
- 20 Yen
- Form
- round
- Local status
- Published
Context
Historical and monetary setting
Its early date and dragon design connect legal decimalization to modern Osaka mint production.
Identification
How to classify the evidence
Check era characters, dragon, imperial and wreath devices, edge, mass, diameter, and die diagnostics.
Evidence boundary
What this page does not claim
The representative image does not authorize price, rarity, or mintage claims.
Issue evidence
Specifications and date record
- Display date
- 明治三年 (1870)
- Mass
- —
- Catalog fineness
- 90%
- Edge
- verify by subtype
- Image status
- cleared exact dated representative
- Identity confidence
- high
Era-date rule: Meiji 3 is stored separately from Gregorian 1870; Meiji gannen is 1868.
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Related transition references
Evidence
Sources and scope
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Identification of early gold, silver, trade, rin, and sen coinage.
Open sourceOsaka mint establishment, modern machinery, institutional history, and coin standards.
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