nedal26 Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Hi all i have some coins from japan ... the value if all are the same 10 yen. but if you look good in the letters down the value number you can see there are differ from one 2 one... can you help and give some info about each one...?specialy the year ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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satootoko Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Of course the dates vary. Showa 52 (1977) Showa 49 (1974) Showa 63 (1988) Showa 38 (1963) Showa 40 (1965) Showa 55 (1970) The first two characters are "Showa", the regnal name of the late Emperor Hirohito. The last character is "Nen" (Year). In between are characters for the numbers. The pattern is a number representing the decade, followed by the character for 10, and ending with the character for the last digit, so it is read, for example "5 x 10 +2" to equal 52. 1988 was the last full year of the Showa Era, which ended on January 7, 1989, when the Emperor died after being the world's longest reigning monarch in modern times. He was actually the Japanese head of state for more than 67 years including his Regency during his father's illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedal26 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 thanks m8... what is the meaning of Showa? and what do you mean by Showa 52 (1977)? does`t have value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 what is the meaning of Showa?The Japanese era name for Hirohito's reign.what do you mean by Showa 52 (1977)?Modern Japanese coins (since 1867) are dated by the year of the Emperor's reign and 1977 was the 52nd year of the Showa Era.does`t have value?Of course, but not very much. All of your coins are listed in Krause as Y#73a, and have a book value of 20¢ XF. A Japanese coin shop would sell coins in the condition of yours for around ¥15, or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedal26 Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Many many thanks ... all are clear now.. best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Japanese coins are struck in terms of hundreds of millions so they aren't quite rare. The only thing that might be rare is the older type of 50 and 100 yen as well as the 5 yen but otherwise most of them are quite common. Mintage can be seen here: http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/data/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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