World Coin BookWorld coin encyclopedia

Representative transition issue

1875 Trade Yen

The first-year Trade Yen tests the separate trade-coin identity and 420-grain standard.

明治八年貿易銀

Obverse of a Meiji 8 (1875) Trade Yen of Japan. Reverse of a Meiji 8 (1875) Trade Yen of Japan.
As6673, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; deterministic crop, background transparency, resize, and WebP conversion. · Exact documented Meiji 8 (1875) Trade Yen.
Date
明治八年 (1875)
Denomination
Trade Yen
Form
round
Local status
Published

Context

Historical and monetary setting

Its purpose was international settlement and competition with established silver dollars.

Identification

How to classify the evidence

Confirm 貿易銀, date, standard, dragon, wreath, edge, and any later chopmarks.

Evidence boundary

What this page does not claim

No ordinary Silver Yen image is substituted for the missing exact Trade Yen image.

Issue evidence

Specifications and date record

Display date
明治八年 (1875)
Mass
—
Catalog fineness
—
Edge
—
Image status
unavailable
Identity confidence
high

Era-date rule: Meiji 8 is stored separately from Gregorian 1875; Meiji gannen is 1868.

Continue

Related transition references

Japan Trade YenBakumatsu and Early Meiji CoinageForeign Silver in JapanNew Currency Act of 1871Early Meiji Gold CoinageEarly Meiji Silver CoinageEarly Meiji Copper and Bronze CoinageJapanese era-date guide

Evidence

Sources and scope

These links support the claims on this page. Source authority does not imply permission to republish source images.

Ministry of Finance history: Trade Yen Ministry of Finance, Japan

The 1875 Trade Yen standard, purpose, and relationship to Mexican and United States trade dollars.

Open source
Early Meiji coin display records Bank of Japan Currency Museum

Identification of early gold, silver, trade, rin, and sen coinage.

Open source