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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.
For Sale $0.25
$
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)
For Sale $0.25
$
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.
47 Prefecture 500 Yen Coins
$
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