Japanese circulation coins catalog with values online

 

500 yen

1982-1989
nickel-brass
500 / SHŌWA 58 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO)
Coin value - 5-7 USD

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

100 yen

1957-1958
silver 0.600
YEAR 32 SHŌWA / 100 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Coin value - 4-5 USD

 

1959-1966
silver 0.600
SHŌWA / 100 / 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

1967-1988
copper-nickel
100 / SHŌWA 63 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Coin value - 1-2 USD

 

 

1989
copper-nickel
100 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Coin value - 4-8 USD

 

1990-2019
copper-nickel
100 / HEISEI 26 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Coin value - 1-3 USD

 

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

 

since 2020
copper-nickel
100 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 100 YEN
Coin value - 1-3 USD

 

 

50 yen

1955-1958
nickel
SHŌWA / 50 / 31 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

since 2020
copper-nickel
50 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 50 YEN
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

 

10 yen

1951-1989
bronze
10 /SHŌWA 57 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO / 10 YEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

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

 

1990-2019
bronze
10 / HEISEI 15 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 10 YEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

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

 

since 2020
bronze
10 / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 10 YEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

5 yen

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

1990-2019
brass
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / HEISEI 26 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

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

 

since 2020
brass
5 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / REIWA 3 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

1 yen

1870
silver 0.900
GREAT JAPAN / 1 YEN MEIJI 3 YEAR

Coin value - 500-600 USD

 

1874-1887
silver 0.900
1 YEN
Y#A25.2
Coin value - 100-200 USD

 

1886-1912
silver 0.900
reduced size
1 YEN
GREAT JAPAN / 416 ONE YEN 900 MEIJI 24 YEAR
Coin value - 100-200 USD

 

1914
silver 0.900
1 YEN
GREAT JAPAN / 416 ONE YEN 900 TAISHO 3 YEAR
Coin value - 100-150 USD

 

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

 

1955-1989
aluminium
1 YEN / SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

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

 

1990-2019
aluminium
1 YEN / HEISEI 5 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) /1 YEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

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

 

since 2020
aluminium
1 YEN / REIWA 3 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

50 sen

1870-1871
silver 0.800
21 mm. circle of dots around dragon
GREAT JAPAN / 50 SEN MEIJI 3 YEAR

Coin value - 40-60 USD

 

1871
silver 0.800
19 mm. circle of dots around dragon
GREAT JAPAN / 50 SEN MEIJI 4 YEAR

Coin value - 100-150 USD

 

1873-1905
silver 0.800
50 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 50 SEN MEIJI 30 YEAR
Coin value - 25-35 USD

 

1906-1912
silver 0.800
50 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 50 SEN MEIJI 42 YEAR
Coin value - 10-15 USD

 

1912
silver 0.800
50 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 50 SEN TAISHO FIRST YEAR
Coin value - 20-30 USD

 

1913-1917
silver 0.800
50 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 50 SEN TAISHO 6 YEAR
Coin value - 15-20 USD

 

1922-1926
silver 0.720
50 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / TAISHO 13 YEAR
Coin value - 5-7 USD

 

1928-1938
silver 0.720
50 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 4 YEAR
Coin value - 5-7 USD

 

1946-1947
brass
50 SEN / JAPANESE GOVERNMENT / SHOWA 21 YEAR
50 SEN
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

1947-1948
brass
50 / STATE OF JAPAN / SHOWA 23 YEAR
50 SEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

20 sen

1870-1871
silver 0.800
GREAT JAPAN / 20 SEN MEIJI 3 YEAR

Coin value - 20-30 USD

 

1873-1905
silver 0.800
20 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 20 SEN MEIJI 30 YEAR
Coin value - 15-20 USD

 

1906-1911
silver 0.800
20 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 20 SEN MEIJI 43 YEAR
Coin value - 8-10 USD

 

 

10 sen

1870
silver 0.800
GREAT JAPAN / 10 SEN MEIJI 3 YEAR

Coin value - 30-40 USD

 

1873-1906
silver 0.800
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 10 SEN MEIJI 29 YEAR
Coin value - 10-12 USD

 

1907-1912
silver 0.720
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 10 SEN MEIJI 44 YEAR
Coin value - 6-8 USD

 

1912
silver 0.720
10 SEN
 GREAT JAPAN / 10 SEN TAISHO FIRST YEAR
Coin value - 20-25 USD

 

1913-1917
silver 0.720
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 10 SEN TAISHO 6 YEAR
Coin value - 6-8 USD

 

1920-1926
copper-nickel
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / TAISHO 14 YEAR
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

 

1927-1932
copper-nickel
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 7 YEAR
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

1933-1937
nickel
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 9 YEAR
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

1938-1940
aluminium-bronze
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 13 YEAR
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

1940-1941
aluminium
1.50 g.
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 15 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1941-1943
aluminium
1.20 g.
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 17 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1943
aluminium
1.00 g.
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 18 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1944
tin-zinc
10 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 19 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1945-1946
aluminium
10 / JAPANESE GOVERNMENT / SHOWA 20 YEAR
10 SEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

5 sen

1870-1871
silver 0.800
GREAT JAPAN / 5 SEN MEIJI 3 YEAR

Coin value - 80-120 USD

 

1871
silver 0.800
5 SEN / GREAT JAPAN / MEIJI 4 YEAR

Coin value - 30-50 USD

 

1873-1892
silver 0.800
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 5 SEN MEIJI 8 YEAR
Coin value - 20-30 USD

 

1889-1897
copper-nickel
5 / GREAT JAPAN / MEIJI 23 YEAR
5 SEN / 5 SEN
Coin value - 5-6 USD

 

1897-1905
copper-nickel
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 5 SEN MEIJI 38 YEAR
Coin value - 6-8 USD

 

1917-1920
copper-nickel
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / TAISHO 8 YEAR
Coin value - 10-20 USD

 

1920-1923
copper-nickel
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / TAISHO 11 YEAR
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

1932
copper-nickel
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 7 YEAR
Coin value - 8-12 USD

 

1933-1938
nickel
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 9 YEAR
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

1938-1940
aluminium-bronze
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 13 YEAR
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

1940-1941
aluminium
1.20 g.
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 16 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1941-1942
aluminium
1.00 g.
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 17 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1943
aluminium
0.80 g.
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 18 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1944
tin-zinc
5 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 19 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1945-1946
tin-zinc
5 / JAPANESE GOVERNMENT / SHOWA 21 YEAR
5 SEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

2 sen

1873-1877
bronze
dragon with square scales
2 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 2 SEN MEIJI 9 YEAR
Coin value - 4-5 USD

 

1877-1892
bronze
dragon with V-scales
2 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 2 SEN MEIJI 13 YEAR
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

 

1 sen

1873-1877
copper
dragon with square scales
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 1 SEN MEIJI 9 YEAR
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

1880-1892
copper
dragon with V-scales
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 1 SEN MEIJI 19 YEAR
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

1898-1902
bronze
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 1 SEN MEIJI 34 YEAR
Coin value - 8-12 USD

 

1913-1915
bronze
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 1 SEN TAISHO 3 YEAR
Coin value - 7-10 USD

 

1916-1924
bronze
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / TAISHO 8 YEAR
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

1927-1938
bronze
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 12 YEAR
Coin value - ~1 USD

 

1938
bronze
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 13 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1938-1940
aluminium
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 14 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1941-1943
aluminium
0.65 g.
1 / GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 16 YEAR
1 SEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1943
aluminium
0.55 g.
1 / GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 18 YEAR
1 SEN
Coin value - <1 USD

 

1944-1945
tin-zinc
1 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / SHOWA 19 YEAR
Coin value - <1 USD

 

 

1/2 sen

1873-1877
copper
dragon with square scales
1/2 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 1/2 SEN MEIJI 9 YEAR
Coin value - 4-6 USD

 

1877-1892
copper
dragon with V-scales
1/2 SEN
GREAT JAPAN / 1/2 SEN MEIJI 10 YEAR
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

 

5 rin

1916-1919
bronze
5 RIN
GREAT JAPAN / TAISHO 5 YEAR
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

 

1 rin

1873-1884
copper
1 RIN
GREAT JAPAN / 1 RIN MEIJI 7 YEAR
Coin value - 10-15 USD

 

 

 

 

Coins of Japan old in the catalog are presented divided by historical periods, indicating the main characteristics and differences by type.
Inside the sections, the coins are sorted by denomination - from large to small.
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