1922 Japan Nippon 5 Sen coin bangle bracelet Yata sacred mirror floral Tokyo Yokohama Kobe Saitama Samurai Judo Chiba Sakai Okinawa b000015

Japan 5 Sen {1920-1932} 1S

Taisho & Show era

FEATURING
front: wave pattern background and flower-like form of sacred mirror around
hole in center flanked by dots with authority on top and date below

In ancient Japan, mirrors were especially revered as rare and mysterious
objects. In 1339, Chikafusa Kitabatake wrote (in the Jinno Shotoki) that they
were seen as a “source of honesty” because they reflect “everything good and
bad, right and wrong… without fail.” In fact, one of Japan’s three most
important imperial treasures is a sacred mirror called Yata-no-Kagami.

Lettering:
· 本 日 大 ·

back: Chrysanthemum Flower (Coat of Arms & Emperor's Royal Seal)

Paulownia Flower with Heart shaped leaf

Lettering: 錢 五

Translation: Five Sen

The Paulownia Flower Seal is the official seal of Government or the Prime
Minister of Japan.
Whereas the Chrysanthemum Flower seal is both the Coat of Arms of Japan &
Emperor's Royal Seal.

• quantity 1
• demonetized (no longer in circulation) polished Copper-Nickel coin
• diameter: 19 mm
• weight: 2.62 g

• comes with a polished silver plated adjustable {expandable} wire bangle
bracelet
2-3/4 inches across and a sturdy gauge, about 16 mm

This premade wire bangle doesn't have a clasp. It works with a sliding
structure, making it adjustable.


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