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The reverse side of the coin has a figure "1" in a circle that represents one yen; below the digit is the year of issue which is written in kanji. [19] The one yen coin remains the oldest modern denomination coin with an unchanged design; throughout its minting history during the Showa era the coin was fully halted only once in 1968 due to ...
The 1 yen note (1円券) was a denomination of Japanese yen in seven different series from 1872 to 1946 for use in commerce. These circulated with the 1 yen coin until 1914, and briefly again before the notes were suspended in 1958.
In 1897, the silver 1 yen coin was demonetized and the sizes of the gold coins were reduced by 50%, with 5, 10 and 20 yen coins issued. After the war, brass 50 sen, 1 and 5 yen were introduced between 1946 and 1948. The current-type holed brass 5 yen was introduced in 1949, the bronze 10 yen in 1951, and the aluminum 1 yen in 1955.
In 1946, following the Second World War, Japan removed the old currency (旧円券) and introduced the "New Yen" (新円券). [1] Meanwhile, American occupation forces used a parallel system, called B yen, from 1945 to 1958. Since then, together with the economic expansion of Japan, the yen has become one of the major currencies of the world. [9]
The first notes to be printed were released between 1885 and 1887 in denominations of 1 to 100 yen. Throughout their history, the denominations have ranged from 0.05 yen (aka 5 sen) to 10,000 yen. Banknotes under 1 yen were abolished in 1953, and those under 500 yen were discontinued by 1984.
The first domestically produced Japanese money, a 1-yen banknote, was created on October 15, 1877. The Paper Money Bureau was merged with the Official Gazette Bureau on January 1, 1898, and thus acquired the duty of printing the Official Gazette, starting July 2, 1898.
1 yen: 25th 二十五 1950 Unlisted Virtually identical to the first modern adopted 1 yen design (1948 to 1950), but struck in aluminum instead of brass. [133] [j] 1 yen 25th 二十五 1950 KM-Pn81 Unknown design struck in brass. [134] 5 yen: 26th 二十六 1951 KM-Pn84 Virtually identical to the adopted 5 yen "old script" design, but struck in ...
0–9. 1 rin coin; 1 sen coin; 1 yen coin; 1 yen note; 2 sen coin; 2 yen coin; 2 yen note; 5 rin coin; 5 sen coin; 5 sen note; 5 yen coin; 5 yen note; 10 sen coin; 10 ...