Definition

• The unit of the gold standard of Japan, which succeeded the silver stand- ard in 1897. There are multiples in gold as high as forty Yen, and the divisions are : 1 Yen equal to 100 Sen. 1 Sen equal to 10 Bin.

  The former silver standard is demone- tized, the silver Yen of the previous issue being cut to half its former value.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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