07-03-2021

Japanese Coins

ONLINE COINS CATALOG

Previous - Japanese old coins (before 1948)
See also - Japanese commemorative coins

Empire of Japan

Japanese yen symbol - ¥
Japanese yen code - JPY

Japanese Coins Large and Small. Japan has six coins in circulation with values ranging from ¥1 to ¥500. The front, or obverse, side of each features a different image, normally a variety of.

Emperor Hirohito
Shōwa period - 昭和 (1926-1989)

  1. This is a Japanese 10 yen coin. They were minted in bronze between 1951 to 1989. They weigh 4.5 grams and are 23.5mm in diameter. JAPAN 10 YEN MOST DATES 1951 TO 1989 worn: less than $1 US dollar approximate catalog value average circulated: less than $1 well preserved: $1 fully uncirculated: $2 A few of these coins have higher values than the.
  2. About Japanese Coins. For good or for ill, coinage has been with humanity since at least the Iron Age and its clink and shine have captivated people the whole way. Collectors often develop particular areas of interest such as Japanese coins.

Reform 1948
Japanese Yen (円)=100 sen


500 yen 1983 (1982-1989)
nickel-brass
Diameter 26.5 mm. Weight 7.0 g.
500 / SHŌWA 58 YEAR / mandarin oranges and bamboo leaves
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / paulownia flowering plants / 500 YEN
Y#87
Coin value - $5-7

100 yen 1957 (1957-1958)
silver 0.600
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
YEAR 32 SHŌWA / sun in sakura cartouche / 100 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / phoenix / 100 YEN
Y#77
Coin value - $4-5

100 yen 1959 (1959-1966)
silver 0.600
Diameter 22.5 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
SHŌWA / 100 / 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / sheaf of rice / 100 YEN
Japanese Coins Y#78
Coin value - $3-4

100 yen 1988 (1967-1988)
copper-nickel
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
100 / SHŌWA 63 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / blooming sakura / 100 YEN
Y#82
Coin value - $1-2

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

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

50 yen 1959 (1959-1966)
copper-nickel
Diameter 25.0 mm. Weight 5.0 g.
50 /SHŌWA 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum / 50 YEN
Y#76
Coin value - $2-3

50 yen 1973 (1967-1988)
copper-nickelCoins
Diameter 21.0 mm. Weight 4.0 g.
50 /SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / chrysanthemum flowers / 50 YEN
Y#81
Coin value - $1-2

10 yen 1982 (1951-1989)
bronze
Diameter 23.5 mm. Weight 4.5 g.
10 /SHŌWA 57YEAR / wreath
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / Byōdō-in temple / 10 YEN
Y#73 (1951-1958, edge reeded) and Y#73a (1951-1958, edge smooth)
Coin value - <$1

5 yen 1949 (1948-1949)
brass
Diameter 22.0 mm. Weight 4.0 g..
5 / National Diet Building / YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / pigeon / SHŌWA 24 YEAR
Y#71
Coin value - ~$1

5 yen 1950 (1949-1958)
brass
Diameter 22.0 mm. Weight 3.75 g.
circulation coinage, old script
5 YEN / stalk of rice
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / two leafs / SHŌWA 25 YEAR
Y#72
Coin value - ~$1

5 yen 1967 (1959-1989)
brass
Diameter 22.0 mm. Weight 3.75 g.
circulation coinage, new script
5 YEN / stalk of rice
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / two leafs / SHŌWA 42 YEAR
Y#72a
Coin value - <$1

1 yen 1950 (1948-1950)
brass
Diameter 20.0 mm. Weight 3.2 g..
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / 1 YEN / SHŌWA 25 YEAR
1 YEN / orange flower
Y#70
Coin value - ~$1

1 yen 1972 (1955-1989)
aluminum
Diameter 20.0 mm. Weight 1.0 g.
1 YEN / SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / bamboo / 1 YEN
Y#74
Coin value - <$1

Emperor Akihito
Heisei period -平成 (from 1989)

Japanese
500 yen 1989
nickel-brass
Diameter 26.5 mm. Weight 7.2 g.
500 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR / mandarin oranges and bamboo leaves
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / paulownia flowering plants / 500 YEN
Y#99.1
Coin value - $10-15

500 yen 2009 (1990-)
nickel-brass
Diameter 26.5 mm. Weight 7.2 g.
500 / HEISEI 21 YEAR / mandarin oranges and bamboo leaves
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / paulownia flowering plants / 500 YEN
Y#99.2
Coin value - $5-7

100 yen 1989
copper-nickel
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
100 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / blooming sakura / 100 YEN
Y#98.1

List Of Japanese Coins

Coin value - $4-8

100 yen 2014 (1990-)
copper-nickel
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g.
100 / HEISEI 26 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / blooming sakura / 100 YEN
Y#98.2
Coin value - $1-3

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

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

10 yen 1989
bronze
Diameter 23.5 mm. Weight 4.5 g.
10 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR / wreath
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / Byōdō-in temple / 10 YEN
Y#97.1
Coin value - <$1

10 yen 2003 (1990-)
bronze
Diameter 23.5 mm. Weight 4.5 g.
10 / HEISEI 15 YEAR / wreath
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / Byōdō-in temple / 10 YEN
Y#97.2
Coin value - <$1

5 yen 1989
brass
Diameter 22.0 mm. Weight 3.75 g.
5 YEN / stalk of rice
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / two leafs / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
Y#96.1
Coin value - <$1

5 yen 2013 (1990-)
brass
Diameter 22.0 mm. Weight 3.75 g.
5 YEN / stalk of rice
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / two leafs / HEISEI 25 YEAR
Y#96.2
Coin value - <$1

1 yen 1989
aluminum
Diameter 20.0 mm. Weight 1.0 g.
1 YEN / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / bamboo / 1 YEN
Y#95.1
Coin value - <$1

1 yen 1993 (1990-)
aluminum
Diameter 20.0 mm. Weight 1.0 g.
1 YEN / HEISEI 5 YEAR

Japanese Coins With Hole In Middle

GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / bamboo / 1 YEN
Y#95.2
Coin value - <$1

Japanese coins by the face value:
500 yen
100 yen
50 yen
10 yen
5 yen
1 yen

10,000 yen

  • Size : 76×160mm
  • Date of first issue : Nov. 1, 2004

  • [front] Portrait: Yukichi Fukuzawa

  • [back]Statue of Phoenix in Byodoin Temple

5,000 yen

  • Size : 76×156mm
  • Date of first issue : Nov. 1, 2004

  • [front] Portrait: Ichiyo Higuchi

  • [back]'Kakitsubata-zu'(painting of irises)
    Work of Korin Ogata

2,000 yen

  • Size : 76×154mm
  • Date of first issue : Jul. 19, 2000

  • [front] Design: Shurei-mon Gate

  • [back] A scene from the Tale of Genji
    and portrait of its author, Murasaki Shikibu

1,000 yen

  • Size : 76×150mm
  • Date of first issue : Nov. 1, 2004

  • [front] Portrait: Hideyo Noguchi

  • [back] Mt.Fuji and cherry blossoms

500yen Nickel-brass Coin

  • Material : Cu72%, Zn20%, Ni8%
  • Diameter : 26.5mm Weight : 7.0g
  • Edge : Milled
  • Date of first issue : 2000

  • [front]Paulownia [back]

100yen Cupro-nickel Coin

  • Material : Cu75%, Ni25%
  • Diameter : 22.6mmWeight : 4.8g
  • Edge : Milled
  • Date of first issue : 1967

  • [front] Cherry Blossoms

  • [back]

50yen Cupro-nickel Coin

  • Material : Cu75%, Ni25%
  • Diameter : 21.0mm Weight: 4.0g
  • Edge : Milled
  • Date of first issue : 1967

  • [front] Chrysanthemum

  • [back]

10yen Bronze Coin

  • Material : Cu95%, Zn4% - 3%, Sn1% - 2%
  • Diameter : 23.5mm Weight: 4.5g
  • Edge : Smooth
  • Date of first issue : 1959

  • [front] 'Hoo-do'Temple

  • [back]

5yen Brass Coin

Japanese Coins

  • Material : Cu60% - 70%, Zn40% - 30%
  • Diameter : 22.0mm Weight: 3.75g
  • Edge : Smooth
  • Date of first issue : 1959

  • [front] Ear of Rice, Gear, Water

  • [back]

1yen Aluminum Coin

  • Material : Al100%
  • Diameter : 20.0mm Weight: 1.0g
  • Edge : Smooth
  • Date of first issue : 1955

  • [front] Young Tree

  • [back]