Specimen from the collection of Raymond LaBar. Photos courtesy of the owner.
Obverse
Sumitomo Group emblem
The company traces its origins to 1909, when the Sumitomo Group made an investment in Dunlop Japan, the newly formed Japanese subsidiary of the British company Dunlop Rubber. Over the...
Length 38.4 mm.
Weight 4.79 g.
Sumitomo Group /住友グループ/ is a Japanese corporate group and keiretsu that traces its roots to the zaibatsu groups that were dissolved after World War II.
The Meiji Restoration allowed Sumitomo to import and utilize Western machines and techniques in its...