I really fell off my chair when I saw this:

LOL coin pictures

Currently on auction on a Japanese site for around 70USD, I thought these coins were too funny.

Now discuss what's horribly wrong with them besides fingerprints.

Oh, my. They are beautiful! I want a full set! NOT!!!

Bank of Japan issued a Hello Kitty coin set in 2004

http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/coin/page05_e.html

Japan probably released its first anime related ones in 2003 as in the astro boy proof coin set, but that was only in the medal, like in the hello kitty proof set, but nothing before 2002. Most probably Japan got the idea of using animes on coins ever since then... (hehehehe)

http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/coin/link/e004.html

Honestly, I just thought it was funny that some small island designed some random coins and it just had to be the most "popular" one, which happened to be Pokemon. *lol*

I've seen em in KM, but first actual pics I've seen. I consider them to be quite amusing.

Well, funny, not interesting.

Is Pokemon anime?

I swithced off my NOFLASH and they still do'nt dance
Kitch

Wonder why Finland didn't mint a commemorative for HK-sausage, which had it's 35th anniversary few years ago