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Numismatics
Obverse Description
Obverse Description: a rice plant growing out of the water, with Five Yen written in kanji
Reverse Description
Reverse Description: Japan and the date of issue Showa 25 written in kanji separated by sprouts of a tree
Provenance
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001