✅ SOLVED Japanese Silver Cherry Blossom Viewing Medal. What Year???

[steamjunker]

So far I know it is a Japanese Cherry Blossom Viewing Medal and was minted at the Japan Mint, not sure if Osaka or Hiroshima? It's Silver, weighs approx 4.32 ozs.Sits in a purple velvet case. There are no markings on the outside of the velvet case, and no coa or tag(s).

My question is what Year was it struck.

 

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[capt-zero]

Beautiful piece! I can't seem to get the pictures to show the way they normally do at this site, but the ninth pic, when I use my view picture mode isn't completely clear when I blow it up. It seems to have the "Gun-Jin" pure silver mark beneath where it says SILVER. This was originally the Meiji silver mark denoting 95% silver. However, it is sometimes used today for anything from sterling and up. The diamond shaped mark will probably tell the tale, so to speak. There are a few members with Kanji skills, perhaps one of them will chime in and tell us what the script on the medallion and box means. Once again, love the piece!

 

[capt-zero]

Blowing it up again, it looks like there is a "1000" inside the sideways diamond. This is the modern Japanese mark equivilent to our .999. In other words silver bullion. This is a location for modern Japanese silver marks:Silver Hallmarks www.H.cx Hallmarks encyclopedia. More then 15,000 silver hallmarks from all over the world. New hallmarks added every day.(copyright 2013)

 

[unclemac]

it looks like "Heisei period year 5" to me so.....1993....

 

[artemis moon]

Beautiful piece!

 

[DCMatt]

Nice piece! Here's a link to some info:

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DCMatt

 

[steamjunker]

it looks like "Heisei period year 5" to me so.....1993....

Thank you for the year, and thank you all for your posts, now I have something to go on