Japanese 50 yen coins

Japanese Yen (円)=100 sen

Emperor Hirohito
Shōwa period - 昭和 (1926-1989)

50 yen 1955-1958

50 yen 1956
(1955, 1956, 1957, 1958)
nickel
Diameter 25.0 mm. Weight 5.5 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
SHŌWA / 50 / 31 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum flower / 50 YEN
KM#75
Coin value - $2-3

50 yen 1959-1966

50 yen 1959
(1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965,1966)
copper-nickel
Diameter 25.0 mm. Weight 5.0 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
50 /SHŌWA 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum / 50 YEN
KM#76
Coin value - $2-3

50 yen 1967-1988

50 yen 1973
(1967, 1968m 1969m 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
copper-nickel
Diameter 21.0 mm. Weight 4.0 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
50 /SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum flowers / 50 YEN
KM#81
Coin value - $1-2

Emperor Akihito
Heisei period -平成 (from 1989)

50 en 1989

50 yen 1989
copper-nickel
Diameter 21.0 mm. Weight 4.0 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
50 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum flowers / 50 YEN
KM#101.1
Coin value - ~$1

50 yen 1990 and later

50 yen 1998 (1990-)
copper-nickel
Diameter 21.0 mm. Weight 4.0 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
50 / HEISEI 10 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum flowers / 50 YEN
KM#101.2
Coin value - ~$1

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