Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
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Early in 1932 the Japanese declared Manchuria independant based upon a voluntary separatist movement and named the new puppet state Manchukuo. To give the puppet government a bit of legitimacy the Japanese eventually restored the former (and last) emperor of the Manchu Dynasty in China. k'ang Te, better known as P'u-Yi (or Hsuan T'ung, Emp. 1909 - 1911).
This coin was issued under two Year/date methods, this early type is a Ta T'ung issue TT3.
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