Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 16 17 Apr 2018
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Commemorative Medals, Foreign Medals, Japan, Hamaguchi Osachi, also called Hamaguchi Yuko (1870-1931), Prime Minister (1929–30) and Junnosuke Inoue (1869–1932), Governor of the Bank of Japan, Japan Returns to the Gold Standard, bronze medal, 1929, busts of both, one facing, one half l., rev. cock crows before documents, 70mm., in case of issue, very fine
The government of Japan concluded that a restoration of the gold standard was necessary as Japan's foreign loans were coming due and needed to be refinanced, however the yen was taken off the gold standard again in December 1931.
Hamaguchi Osachi was shot in the Tokyo Railway Station by a right-wing youth in November 1930. He died of his wounds almost a year later.
(220-280 GBP)
The government of Japan concluded that a restoration of the gold standard was necessary as Japan's foreign loans were coming due and needed to be refinanced, however the yen was taken off the gold standard again in December 1931.
Hamaguchi Osachi was shot in the Tokyo Railway Station by a right-wing youth in November 1930. He died of his wounds almost a year later.
(220-280 GBP)