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Silver one yen coins continued to be minted until 1914 for backing up currency. One yen coins were not made again until after World War II in the late 1940s for a brief period of time. The current one yen coin design was first minted in 1955, is made up of pure aluminum, and has a young tree design which has been used since.
The first gold yen coins consisted of 2, 5, and 20 yen coins which were struck throughout 1870. Five yen coins were first struck in gold for the Japanese government in 1870 at the San Francisco Mint. [25] During this time a new mint was being established at Osaka, which did not receive the gold bullion needed for coinage until the following ...
The first yen coins were made of pure nickel and slightly larger than the ones used today. Changes to the 50 yen coin were made in response to events surrounding the 100 yen coin. The public wanted a different looking 50 yen coin while the mint wanted to stay consistent with the material used to make the coins. The current design was first ...
Countermarked one yen coin showing the "gin" stamp on the obverse left side. (stamped in Osaka) Countermarked yen refers to Japanese trade dollars and 1 yen coins that are stamped 銀 (gin), literally meaning "silver" (pronounced with hard 'g'). The countermark was added by the Japanese government in 1897 to these coins dated up to that point.
The Japanese Proof Set (プルーフセット), commonly known as the Proof Set in the United States, is a set of proof coins sold by the Japan Mint.These sets were first issued in 1987 (Shōwa 62) as "regular proof sets" consisting of denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 yen (666 yen total).
1 yen coin; 2 yen coin; 5 yen coin; 10 yen coin; 10,000 yen coin; 20 yen coin; 50 yen coin; 50,000 yen coin; 100 yen coin; 100,000 yen coin; 500 yen coin; 500 yen coin (commemorative) 1000 yen coin; 5000 yen coin
Japanese 500 yen coin (left) next to a similar South Korean 500 won coin (right) When the 500 yen coin debuted it was the highest nominally valued coin in the world. [21] In comparison the coin's purchase power was about double that of a two-pound coin (UK) in 2012. [21] These reasons have made 500 yen coins a prime choice for counterfeiters ...
10 yen coin from 1951 (year 26) Design 1 - (1951–1958) Reeded 10 yen coin from 1952 (year 27) showing its reeded edge 10 yen coin from 1959 (year 34) Design 2 - (1959–present) Smooth. The following are circulation dates which cover Emperor Hirohito's reign. The dates below correspond with the 26th to the 64th year (last) of his reign.