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Japanese Coins catalog and price guide

 

How to read Japanese coins

 

Dating of Japanese coins

 

 

Tokugawa (Edo) shogunate

1603-1867

 

 

Empire of Japan (since 1868)

Japanese yen symbol - ¥
Japanese yen code - JPY

 

Emperor Mutsuhito - Meiji (1868-1912)

 

 

Emperor Yoshihito - Taishō (1912-1926)

 

 

Emperor Hirohito - Shōwa (1926-1989)

 

 

Emperor Akihito - Heisei (1989-2019)

 

 

Emperor Naruhito - Reiwa (since 2019)

 

 

Commemorative coins

 

Since 1964

 

 

500 yen 47 prefectures

 

 

Coins by the face value

 

500 yen

 

 

100 yen

 

 

50 yen

 

 

10 yen

 

 

5 yen

 

 

1 yen

 

 

China-Japanese puppet states

 

East Hopei

 

 

Manchukuo

 

 

Provisional Government of China