Japan coins catalog

Empire of Japan (since 1868)

Reform 1948
Japanese Yen (円)=100 sen

Hirohito - Shōwa period 昭和 (1926-1989)

1948-1989

500 yen 1983 (1982-1989)
nickel-brass
circulation coinage
500 / SHŌWA 58 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO)
Value - 5-7 USD

500 yen 1985
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
Tsukuba Expo'85
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 13.0 g.
TSUKUBA EXPO'85 / 500 / SHŌWA 60 YEAR / Circles within triangular design above value flanked by cherry blossom
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN / Mount Tsukuba above cherry blossoms
KM#88
Value - 8-10 USD

500 yen 1985
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
100th Anniversary of Governmental Cabinet System
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 13.0 g.
500 / SHŌWA 60 YEAR / Value in square
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN / Prime Minister’s official residence
KM#89
Value - 8-10 USD

500 yen 1986
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
60Years of Reign of Hirohito
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 13.0 g.
Seiryōden (Shishinden) Palace in Kyoto
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN SHŌWA 61 YEAR / Large chrysanthemum
KM#90
Value - 10-15 USD

500 yen 1988
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
Opening of Seikan Tunnel
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 13.0 g.
500 YEN SHŌWA 63 YEAR / Map within ribbon
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN / Seikan tunnel flanked by seagulls
KM#93
Value - 10-15 USD

500 yen 1988
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
Opening of Seto Bridge
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 13.0 g.
500 YEN SHŌWA 63 YEAR / Map within ribbon
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN / Seto Bridge
KM#94
Value - 10-15 USD

100 yen 1957 (1957-1958)
silver 0.600
circulation coinage
YEAR 32 SHŌWA / 100 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 1959 (1959-1966)
silver 0.600
circulation coinage
SHŌWA / 100 / 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 3-4 USD

100 yen 1988 (1967-1988)
copper-nickel
circulation coinage
100 / SHŌWA 63 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 1-2 USD

100 yen 1964
silver 0.600
commemorative coin
Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo
TOKYO 1964 / 100 / SHŌWA 39 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 1964
silver 0.600
commemorative coin
Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo
Diameter 22.5 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
TOKYO 1964 / 100 / SHŌWA 39 YEAR / Olympic rings
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN / Olympic torch and rings
KM#79
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 1970
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
EXPO 1970 in Osaka
Diameter 28.0 mm. Weight 9.0 g.
100 YEN / EXPO70 / SHŌWA 45 YEAR / expo emblem
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN / mount Fuji with clouds
KM#83
Value - 3-4 USD

100 yen 1972
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 12.0 g.
1972 SAPPORO / 100 / SHŌWA 47 YEAR / Olympic rings
GREAT JAPAN SAPPORO / 100 YEN / Olympic torch
KM#84
Value - 3-4 USD

100 yen 1975
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
EXPO 1975 in Okinawa
Diameter 22.5 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
EXPO75 OKINAWA / 100 / SHŌWA 50 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN / Shureimon gate on the waves
KM#85
Value - 2-3 USD

100 yen 1976
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of Reign
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 12.0 g.
FIFTY YEARS / 100 YEN / SHŌWA 51 YEAR / Imperial Seal of Japan flanked by phoenixes
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN / Ishibashi bridge and Imperial Palace
KM#86
Value - 3-4 USD

50 yen 1956 (1955-1958)
nickel
SHŌWA / 50 / 31 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - 2-3 USD

50 yen 1959 (1959-1966)
copper-nickel
50 /SHŌWA 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - 2-3 USD

50 yen 1973 (1967-1988)
copper-nickel
50 /SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - 1-2 USD

10 yen 1982 (1951-1989)
bronze
1951-1958 - edge reeded and 1951-1958 - edge smooth
10 /SHŌWA 57 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO / 10 YEN
Value - <1 USD

5 yen 1949 (1948-1949)
brass
5 / YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / SHŌWA 24 YEAR
Value - ~1 USD

5 yen 1950 (1949-1958)
brass
old script
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / SHŌWA 25 YEAR
Value - ~1 USD

5 yen 1967 (1959-1989)
brass
new script
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / SHŌWA 42 YEAR
Value - <1 USD

1 yen 1950 (1948-1950)
brass
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN / SHŌWA 25 YEAR
1 YEN
Value - ~1 USD

1 yen 1972 (1955-1989)
aluminium
1 YEN / SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN
Value - <1 USD

Akihito - Heisei period 平成 (1989-2019)

500 yen 1989
nickel-brass
500 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN
Value - 10-15 USD

500 yen 2009 (1990-2019)
nickel-brass
500 / HEISEI 21 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN
Value - 5-7 USD

100 yen 1989
copper-nickel
circulation coinage
100 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO)a / 100 YEN
Value - 4-8 USD

100 yen 2014 (1990-2019)
copper-nickel
circulation coinage
100 / HEISEI 26 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 1-3 USD

100 yen 2015
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Hokuriku
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 27 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN / HOKURIKU / 100 YEN / Hokuriku Shinkansen
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 2015
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Joetsu
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 27 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN / JOETSU / 100 YEN / Joetsu Shinkansen
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 2015
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Sanyo
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 27 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN / SANYO / 100 YEN / Sanyo Shinkansen
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 2015
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Tohoku
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 27 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN / TOHOKU / 100 YEN / Tohoku Shinkansen
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 2015
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Tokaido
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 27 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) /TOKAIDO / 100 YEN / Tokaido Shinkansen
Value - 4-5 USD

100 yen 2016
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Akita
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 28 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN / AKITA / 100 YEN / Akita Shinkansen
Value - 2-3 USD

100 yen 2016
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Kyushu
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 28 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) /KYUSHU / 100 YEN / Kyushu Shinkansen
Value - 2-3 USD

100 yen 2016
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Yamagata
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 28 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / YAMAGATA / 100 YEN / Yamagata Shinkansen
Value - 2-3 USD

100 yen 2016
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of speed railway - Hokkaido
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHINKANSEN 50 YEARS / 100 YEN / HEISEI 28 YEAR / Shinkansen
GREAT JAPAN / HOKKAIDO / 100 YEN / Hokkaido Shinkansen
Value - 2-3 USD

100 yen 2018
copper-nickel
Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
TOKYO 2020 / 100 YEN / HEISEI 30 YEAR / OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 / Olympic rings
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN / Swordsman
Value - 3-4 USD

100 yen 2018
copper-nickel
commemorative coin
Paralympic Games 2020 in Tokyo
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
TOKYO 2020 PARALIMPIC GAMES/ 100 YEN / HEISEI 30 YEAR / TOKYO 2020 PARALIMPIC GAMES / Emblem
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN / Man in a wheelchair with a ball
Value - 3-4 USD

50 yen 1989
copper-nickel
50 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - ~1 USD

50 yen 1998 (1990-2019)
copper-nickel
50 / HEISEI 10 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - ~1 USD

10 yen 1989
bronze
10 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 10 YEN
Value - <1 USD

10 yen 2003 (1990-2019)
bronze
10 / HEISEI 15 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 10 YEN
Value - <1 USD

5 yen 1989
brass
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
Value - <1 USD

5 yen 2014 (1990-2019)
brass
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / HEISEI 26 YEAR
Value - <1 USD

1 yen 1989
aluminium
1 YEN / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN
Value - <1 USD

1 yen 1993 (1990-2019)
aluminium
1 YEN / HEISEI 5 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) /1 YEN
Value - <1 USD

Emperor Naruhito - Reiwa period 令和 (since 2019)

500 yen 2019
nickel-brass
500 / REIWA FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN
Value - 5-10 USD

500 yen 2021 (2020-2021)
nickel-brass
500 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN
Value - 5-10 USD

500 yen 2021 (2021- )
bimetallic - copper-nickel/brass
500 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 500 YEN JAPAN / 500 YEN
Value - 5-10 USD

100 yen 2019
copper-nickel
100 / REIWA FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 4-8 USD

100 yen 2021 (2020- )
copper-nickel
100 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Value - 1-3 USD

50 yen 2019
copper-nickel
50 / REIWA FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - ~1 USD

50 yen 2021 (2020- )
copper-nickel
50 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Value - ~1 USD

10 yen 2019
bronze
10 / REIWA FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 10 YEN
Value - <1 USD

10 yen 2021 (2020- )
bronze
10 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 10 YEN
Value - <1 USD

5 yen 2019
brass
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / REIWA FIRST YEAR
Value - <1 USD

5 yen 2021 (2020- )
brass
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / REIWA 3 YEAR
Value - <1 USD

1 yen 2019
aluminium
1 YEN / REIWA FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN
Value - <1 USD

1 yen 2021 (2020- )
aluminium
1 YEN / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN
Value - <1 USD

Coins of Japan in the catalog are presented divided by historical periods, indicating the main characteristics and differences by type.
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