Coin Types from Japan


c4.1 4 Mon (1768)
 
 
n/a 50 Mon ND(1835-1870) Tempo Tsuho (pattern?)
 
 
c7 100 Mon ND(1835-1870) Tempo Tsuho
 

c12 1 Shu 1853-1865
 
 
c21d 2 Bu ND(1868-1869) gold
 
 
y15 1 Rin (1873-1892)
 

y41 5 Rin (1916-1919)
 
 
y16.1 1/2 Sen (1873-1892)
 
 
y17.1 1 Sen (1873-1877)
 

y17.2 1 Sen (1880-1892)
 
 
y20 1 Sen (1898-1906)
 
 
y35 1 Sen (1913-1915)
 

y42 1 Sen (1916-1924)
 
 
y47 1 Sen (1927-1938)
 
 
y55 1 Sen (1938)
 

y56 1 Sen (1938-1940)
 
 
y59 1 Sen (1941-1943)
 
 
y62 1 Sen (1944-1945)
 

km110 1 Sen (1945) baked clay
 
 
y18.1 2 Sen (1873-1884)
 
 
y6.1 5 Sen (1871)
 

y19 5 Sen (1889-1897)
 
 
y21 5 Sen (1897-1906)
 
 
y22 5 Sen (1873-1880)
 

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)
 

y23 10 Sen (1873-1906)
 
 
y29 10 Sen (1907-1912)
 
 
y36.2 10 Sen (1913-1917)
 

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)
 

y24 20 Sen (1873-1905)
 
 
y30 20 Sen (1906-1911) Yr.39-44
 
 
y25 50 Sen (1873-1905) silver
 

y31 50 Sen (1906-1912)
 
 
y37.1 50 Sen (1912-1917)
 
 
y46 50 Sen (1922-1926)
 

y50 50 Sen (1928-1938)
 
 
y67 50 Sen (1946-1947)
 
 
y69 50 Sen (1947,1948)
 

ya25.3 1 Yen (1887-1912)
 
 
y38 1 Yen (1914)
 
 
y70 1 Yen (1948-1950)
 

y74 1 Yen (1955-1989)
 
 
y95.1 1 Yen (1989)
 
 
y95.2 1 Yen (1990--)
 

y71 5 Yen (1948-1958)
 
 
y72 5 Yen (1949-1958) old script
 
 
y72a 5 Yen (1959-1989) new script
 

y96.1 5 Yen (1989)
 
 
y96.2 5 Yen (1990--)
 
 
y73 10 Yen (1951-1958) reeded edge
 

y73a 10 Yen (1959-1988) plain edge
 
 
y97.1 10 Yen (1989)
 
 
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)
 

y78 100 Yen (1959-1966) silver
 
 
y79 100 Yen (1964) Olympic Games
 
 
y82 100 Yen (1967--)
 

y83 100 Yen (1970) Osaka Expo
 
 
y84 100 Yen (1972) Winter Olympics - Sapporo
 
 
y85 100 Yen (1975) Okinawa Expo
 

y86 100 Yen (1976) 50 yrs of Reign
 
 
y98.2 100 Yen (1990--)
 
 
new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Hokuriku
 

new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Joetsu
 
 
new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Sanyo
 
 
new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Tohoku
 

new 100 Yen (2015 Yr-27) High Speed Train Tokaido
 
 
new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Akita
 
 
new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Hokkaido
 

new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Kyushu
 
 
new 100 Yen (2016 Yr-28) High Speed Train Yamagata
 
 
new 100 Yen (2018 Yr-30) Fencing
 

new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Karate
 
 
new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Sport Climbing
 
 
new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Goalball
 

new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Skateboarding
 
 
new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Surfing
 
 
new 100 Yen (2019 Yr-31) Weightlifting
 

y88 500 Yen (1985) Mt. Tsukuba
 
 
y89 500 Yen (1985) Prime Ministers Residence
 
 
y87 500 Yen (1982-1989)
 

y90 500 Yen (1986) Shishinden Palace
 
 
y93 500 Yen (1988) Selkan Tunnel
 
 
y94 500 Yen (1988) Seto Bridge
 

y99.1 500 Yen (1989) Pawlownia flower
 
 
y99.2 500 Yen (1990-1999)
 
 
y102 500 Yen (1990) Emperors Carriage
 

y106 500 Yen (1992) Reversion of Okinawa
 
 
y107 500 Yen (1993) Royal Wedding of Prince
 
 
y110 500 Yen (1994) Kansai International Airport
 

y111 500 Yen (1994) 12th Asian Games - runners
 
 
y112 500 Yen (1994) 12th Asian Games - swimmers
 
 
y113 500 Yen (1994) 12th Asian Games - jumper
 

y114 500 Yen (1997) Olympic Snowboarder
 
 
y117 500 Yen (1997) Olympic Bobsledding
 
 
y118 500 Yen (1998) Olympic Acrobat skier
 

y123 500 Yen (1999) Mt. Fuji and chrysanthemums
 
 
y125 500 Yen (2001--)
 
 
y126 500 Yen (2002) Soccer - Europe and Africa
 

y127 500 Yen (2002) Soccer - Asia and Oceania
 
 
y128 500 Yen (2002) Soccer - North and South America
 
 
y133 500 Yen (2005) Expo - Aichi Japan
 

y137 500 Yen (2007) 50 yrs. Antarctic Research
 
 
y139 500 Yen (2008) Japan-Brazil Exchange
 
 
y157 500 Yen (2009,Yr.21) 20 yr.Reign of Emperor Heisei
 

new 500 Yen (2019) Emperors Carriage
 
 
y80 1000 Yen (1964) Tokyo Olympics
 
 
y115 5000 Yen (1997) Hockey Player
 

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