ON THE FINENESS OF THE ONE YEN SILVER COIN. 



295 



In order to show the distribution of silver on the coin, we 

 produce below the details of assay of the blanks (7„ G 2 and C 33 the 

 figures which denote the fineness indicating as nearly as possible the 

 relative positions of the respective portions. 



Fig. 2. 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



Brank (' 



8987 8988 8989 



900-8 9000 8996 8995 899-8 ' 



9010 901-2 9006 9009 9011 9018 



902-2 901-9 902-2 9032 902-7 'J 02 6 903-1 



9012 9012 9010 901 7 9004 9009 9017 



899 C S99-1 899 4 S99 7 899-6 899-7 



8989 8990 89S-0 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



Fig. 3. 

 Blank C. 



898-8 893-1 8981 



8987 8990 



/ 



/ 9006 900-3 CC0S 9C05 



900-8 9029 9018 902 7 C02 7 



9031 9029 C02-5 903 



9010 900-6 CC0-6 9011 



S990 8994 898 9 



