Help with date please.

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The Japanese numerical system is complicated :o

Please can someone help.

Thanks in advance.

PS I'm new to this and am really struggling to get good clear pics - am I better off scanning them? Any tips would be kindly appreciated :)

It is '3 10 9 Year' as last four symbols [三十九年] on second image, so is year 39 on a 10 Yen ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces922.html
making it 1964 date. The numbers are on this page ...
https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/calendar-japanese-34.html
so once 39 is worked out, and the 10 denomination is added, then a Japan search will find it ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?mode=simplifie&p=1&l=japon&r=10+39&e=&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&u=&f=&g=&c=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&te=y&cat=y :)
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Quote: "ZacUK"​ It is '3 10 9 Year' as last four symbols [三十九年] on second image, so is year 39 on a 10 Yen ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces922.html
​making it 1964 date. The numbers are on this page ...
https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/calendar-japanese-34.html
​so once 39 is worked out, and the 10 denomination is added, then a Japan search will find it ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?mode=simplifie&p=1&l=japon&r=10+39&e=&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&u=&f=&g=&c=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&te=y&cat=y :)
​thank you very much - i appreciate your help :)

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