JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Today we know that sacred treasures orders have three types of reverses (with known time coordinates) Four rivets reverse (1888-1940s/1967/ ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Flat reverse (1944 (?) / 1946/ 1981) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Two screws reverse (1982?/1983 – 2003) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 The most difficult time period for attribution is the period between 1944 and 1981 during which both types of reverses (four rivets and flat reverse) were in use (simultaneously? successively? flat/ four rivets/flat?). But at least today we know for a fact when flat reverse was replaced by two screws reverse. It happened between May 29, 1981 and April 25, 1983 (actually I think that change took place during 1982, but I don’t have authentic documented group to prove it). Check this out. Orders of sacred treasure 4th Class that was awarded to Daidou Mikio on May 29, 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 And this 4th class (that we recently saw in the other thread) was awarded on April 25, 1983 to Tauchi Satoshige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 So how long this two screws construction was in use? Ten to one that until 2003. But the maximum time coordinate that we have today is April 1994. Take a look at this excellent 4th class that was awarded to Takagi Yoshihiko on April 4, 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 What we really need are documented groups from war years and 1946-1981 time period to find out when Mint was using these two reverses (four rivets and flat). No worry chaps (actually I am more than sure that you won’t ) Slowly but surely we will sort things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fukuoka Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Nick, sorry that I misled you with the JE hallmark. I thought it was a 'J' but upon magnification, the hallmark reads DE, which means that this may indeed signify the year of manufacture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now