Coin Types from Japan

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 C   S  W   C=Collection  S=Spare for Trade  W=Wantlist
$ c4.1 4 Mon (1768)
   n/a 50 Mon ND(1835-1870) Tempo Tsuho (pattern?) Image from Bob Butler
$ c7 100 Mon ND(1835-1870) Tempo Tsuho
$ c12 1 Shu 1853-1865 ASW=0.0588 Image from Jeff S.
$ c16a 1 Bu ND(1859-1868) ASW=0.2422
$ c21d 2 Bu ND(1868-1869) gold Image from Roger Zimmerman
$ y15 1 Rin (1873-1892) Image from Jeff S.
$ y41 5 Rin (1916-1919)
$ y16.1 1/2 Sen (1873-1892)
$ y17.1 1 Sen (1873-1877)
$ y17.2 1 Sen (1880-1892) Image from Jeff S.
$ y20 1 Sen (1898-1906) Contributed Image
$ y35 1 Sen (1913-1915)
$ y42 1 Sen (1916-1924) Image from Jeff S.
$ y47 1 Sen (1927-1938)
$ y55 1 Sen (1938)
$ y56 1 Sen (1938-1940)
$ y59 1 Sen (1941-1943) For Sale $0.25
$ y62 1 Sen (1944-1945)
$ km110 1 Sen (1945) baked clay Image from Jeff S.
$ y18.1 2 Sen (1873-1884)
$ y6.1 5 Sen (1871) ASW=0.0321 Contributed Image
$ y19 5 Sen (1889-1897)
$ y21 5 Sen (1897-1906) Image from Jeff S.
$ y22 5 Sen (1873-1880) ASW=0.0344 Image from Jeff S.
$ y43 5 Sen (1917-1920))
$ y44 5 Sen (1920-1923)
$ y48 5 Sen (1932) Yr.7
$ y53 5 Sen (1933-1938)
$ y57 5 Sen (1938-1941) aluminum-bronze
$ y60 5 Sen (1940-1941)
$ y60a 5 Sen (1941-1943)
$ y63 5 Sen (1944)
$ y65 5 Sen (1945-1946)
$ y2 10 Sen (1870) ASW=0.0643
$ y23 10 Sen (1873-1906) ASW=0.0693 Image from Jeff S.
$ y29 10 Sen (1907-1912) ASW=0.0521
$ y36.1 10 Sen (1912) ASW=0.0521
$ y36.2 10 Sen (1913-1917) ASW=0.0521 Image from Jeff S.
$ y45 10 Sen (1920-1926)
$ y49 10 Sen (1927-1932)
$ y54 10 Sen (1933-1937)
$ y58 10 Sen (1938-1940)
$ y61.1 10 Sen (1940-1943) aluminum 1.5g
   y61a 10 Sen (1941-1943) aluminum 1.2g
$ y64 10 Sen (1944)
$ y68 10 Sen (1945,1946) aluminum
$ y3 20 Sen (1870-1871) ASW=0.1286 Contributed Image
$ y24 20 Sen (1873-1905) ASW=0.1386 Contributed Image
$ y30 20 Sen (1906-1911) Yr.39-44 ASW=0.1042 Image from Jeff S.
$ y25 50 Sen (1873-1905) silver ASW=0.3467
$ y31 50 Sen (1906-1912) ASW=0.2598
$ y37.1 50 Sen (1912-1917) ASW=0.2605 Image from Jeff S.
$ y46 50 Sen (1922-1926) ASW=0.1146 Image from Jeff S.
$ y50 50 Sen (1928-1938) ASW=0.1146
$ y67 50 Sen (1946-1947)
$ y69 50 Sen (1947,1948)
$ ya25.3 1 Yen (1887-1912) ASW=0.7801
$ y38 1 Yen (1914) ASW=0.7801 Contributed Image
$ y70 1 Yen (1948-1950)
$ y74 1 Yen (1955-1989) For Sale $0.25
$ y95.1 1 Yen (1989)
$ y95.2 1 Yen (1990--)
$ y71 5 Yen (1948-1958)
$ y72 5 Yen (1949-1958) old script For Sale $0.25
$ y72a 5 Yen (1959-1989) new script For Sale $0.25
$ y96.1 5 Yen (1989)
$ y96.2 5 Yen (1990--)
$ y73 10 Yen (1951-1958) reeded edge For Sale $0.25
$ y73a 10 Yen (1959-1988) plain edge Image from Jeff S. For Sale $0.25
$ y97.1 10 Yen (1989) Image from Jeff S.
$ y97.2 10 Yen (1990--)
$ y75 50 Yen (1955-1958)
$ y76 50 Yen (1959-1966)
$ y81 50 Yen (1967-1988)
$ y101.1 50 Yen (1989)
$ y101.2 50 Yen (1990--)
$ y77 100 Yen (1957-1958) ASW=0.0926 For Sale $4.00
$ y78 100 Yen (1959-1966) silver ASW=0.0926 For Sale $4.00
$ y79 100 Yen (1964) Olympic Games ASW=0.0926
$ y82 100 Yen (1967--)
$ y83 100 Yen (1970) Osaka Expo
$ y84 100 Yen (1972) Winter Olympics - Sapporo Image from Jeff S.
$ y85 100 Yen (1975) Okinawa Expo
$ y86 100 Yen (1976) 50 yrs of Reign
$ y98.1 100 Yen (1989)
$ y98.2 100 Yen (1990--)
   new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Hokuriku Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Joetsu Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Sanyo Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Tohoku Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Tokaido Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Akita Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Hokkaido Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Kyushu Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Yamagata Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2018 Yr-30) Fencing Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Karate Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Sport Climbing Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Goalball Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Skateboarding Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Surfing Image from Jeff S.
   new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Weightlifting Image from Jeff S.
$ y88 500 Yen (1985) Mt. Tsukuba Image from Jeff S.
$ y89 500 Yen (1985) Prime Ministers Residence Image from Jeff S.
$ y87 500 Yen (1982-1989)
$ y90 500 Yen (1986) Shishinden Palace Image from Jeff S.
$ y93 500 Yen (1988) Selkan Tunnel Image from Jeff S.
$ y94 500 Yen (1988) Seto Bridge Image from Jeff S.
$ y99.1 500 Yen (1989) Pawlownia flower Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y99.2 500 Yen (1990-1999) Image from Han van Hattum
$ y102 500 Yen (1990) Emperors Carriage Image from Jeff S.
$ y106 500 Yen (1992) Reversion of Okinawa Image from Jeff S.
$ y107 500 Yen (1993) Royal Wedding of Prince
$ y110 500 Yen (1994) Kansai International Airport Image from Jeff S.
$ y111 500 Yen (1994) 12th Asian Games - runners Image from Jeff S.
$ y112 500 Yen (1994) 12th Asian Games - swimmers Image from Jeff S.
$ y113 500 Yen (1994) 12th Asian Games - jumper Image from Jeff S.
$ y114 500 Yen (1997) Olympic Snowboarder Image from Jeff S.
$ y117 500 Yen (1997) Olympic Bobsledding Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y118 500 Yen (1998) Olympic Acrobat skier Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y123 500 Yen (1999) Mt. Fuji and chrysanthemums Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y125 500 Yen (2001--)
$ y126 500 Yen (2002) Soccer - Europe and Africa Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y127 500 Yen (2002) Soccer - Asia and Oceania Image from Jeff S.
$ y128 500 Yen (2002) Soccer - North and South America Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y133 500 Yen (2005) Expo - Aichi Japan Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y137 500 Yen (2007) 50 yrs. Antarctic Research Image from Zdravko Bosnjak
$ y139 500 Yen (2008) Japan-Brazil Exchange Image from Jeff S.
$ y157 500 Yen (2009,Yr.21) 20 yr.Reign of Emperor Heisei Image from Vic Krysko
   new 500 Yen (2019) Emperors Carriage Image from Jeff S.
$ y80 1000 Yen (1964) Tokyo Olympics ASW=0.5948 Image from Jeff S.
$ y115 5000 Yen (1997) Hockey Player ASW=0.4461 Image from Jeff S.

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