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Numismatics
Ruler: Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, Japanese, 1901–1989
Artist: Unknown

5 Yen of Hirohito Showa from Unknown

1959

Brass

3.75 g, 12:00, 21.9 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
2001.87.34374
Geography: 
Made in Japan
Status: 
By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Numismatics
Provenance: 

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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