前: (Japanese verical value) 一 銭 (ichi, 1 one Sen)
铭文: none, a mirrored like wreath of two rice stalks
背面: Sunburst surounded by 32 small and long rays
inside chained-dotted circle
铭文: (left, state name) 本 日 大 (sun-origin empire,
Dai Nippon/Nihon "Great Empire/land of the Rising Sun")
(right, year) 年 (三十一 - 四 十) 治 明
年 = nengō (年)
31st (三十一) - 40t (四 十) year of 122th emperor Meiji
明治 Meiji (period, 天皇 -tennō or Meiji the Great, 明治大帝 Meiji-taitei)
(his area 1 - 45 / 1867 - 1912, Mutsuhito, 睦仁)
(* 3 November 1852 – † 30 July 1912)
1st year starts on (his 1st day) 3 2月 1867
(Gregorian calendar, since 1873,
1 January started his 7th year)
(top-left, lower-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(bottom, English value) 1 SEN
边缘: P - plain, type: