Current Japanese coins

 

 

 

Mintage details can be obtained for free via Japan Mint site: http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/data/index.html

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02-1 500 yen (Cupronickel)

Diameter: 26.5mm

Alloy: Cu 75%, Ni 25%

Mass: 7.20g

 

 

1982 (Showa 57) - 300.0m 1983 (Showa 58) - 240.0m 1984 (Showa 59) - 342.9m 1985 (Showa 60) - 97.2m
1986 (Showa 61) - 50.0m 1987 (Showa 62) - 2.8m 1988 (Showa 63) - 148.2m 1989 (Showa 64) - 16.0m
       
1989 (Heisei 1) - 192.9m 1990 (Heisei 2) - 160.0m 1991 (Heisei 3) - 170.1m 1992 (Heisei 4) - 88.1m
     
1993 (Heisei 5) - 132.2m 1994 (Heisei 6) - 105.8m 1995 (Heisei 7) - 182.9m 1996 (Heisei 8) - 99.2m
       
1997 (Heisei 9) - 173.0m 1998 (Heisei 10) - 214.6m 1999 (Heisei 11) - 165.1m  
     

 

 

02-1A 500 yen (Nickel-brass)

Diameter: 26.5mm

Alloy: Cu 72%, Ni 8%, Zn 20%

Mass: 7.0g

 

 

2000 (Heisei 12) - 596.0m 2001 (Heisei 13) - 608.1m 2002 (Heisei 14) - 504.7m 2003 (Heisei 15) - 438.4m
2004 (Heisei 16) - 356.9m 2005 (Heisei 17) - 345.0m 2006 (Heisei 18) - 381.6m 2007 (Heisei 19)
       

 

02-2 Phoenix 100 yen (Silver)

02-3 Rice 100 yen (Silver)

 

02-4 Cherry Blossom 100 yen (Cupronickel)

Diameter: 22.6mm

Alloy: Cu 75%, Ni 25%

Mass: 4.8g

 

1967 (Showa 42) - 432.2m 1968 (Showa 43) - 471.0m 1969 (Showa 44) - 323.7m 1970 (Showa 45) - 237.1m
   
1971 (Showa 46) - 481.1m 1972 (Showa 47) - 469.0m 1973 (Showa 48) - 680.0m 1974 (Showa 49) - 660.0m
 
1975 (Showa 50) - 437.2m 1976 (Showa 51) - 322.8m 1977 (Showa 52) - 440.0m 1978 (Showa 53) - 292.0m
 
1979 (Showa 54) - 382.0m 1980 (Showa 55) - 588.0m 1981 (Showa 56) - 348.0m 1982 (Showa 57) - 110.0m
   
1983 (Showa 58) - 50.0m 1984 (Showa 59) - 41.9m 1985 (Showa 60) - 58.2m 1986 (Showa 61) - 100.0m
       
1987 (Showa 62) - 193.8m 1988 (Showa 63) - 363.1m 1989 (Heisei 1) - 369.0m 1990 (Heisei 2) - 445.0m
   
1991 (Heisei 3) - 375.1m 1992 (Heisei 4) - 211.3m 1993 (Heisei 5) - 82.2m 1994 (Heisei 6) - 81.8m
       
1995 (Heisei 7) - 92.9m 1996 (Heisei 8) - 237.2m 1997 (Heisei 9) - 272.1m 1998 (Heisei 10) - 252.6m
     
1999 (Heisei 11) - 179.1m 2000 (Heisei 12) - 172.0m 2001 (Heisei 13) - 8.0m 2002 (Heisei 14) - 10.7m
     
2003 (Heisei 15) - 98.4m 2004 (Heisei 16) - 204.9m 2005 (Heisei 17) - 300.0m 2006 (Heisei 18) -  216.6m
       
2007 (Heisei 19) -      
       

 

02-5 Chrysanthemum 50 yen (Nickel) Solid

02-6 Chrysanthemum 50 yen (Nickel), holed

 

02-7 50 yen (Cupronickel)

Diameter: 21mm

Alloy: Cu 75%, Ni 25%

Mass: 4.0g

 

Showa 42 (1967) - 238.4m Showa 43 (1968) - 200.0m Showa 44 (1969) - 210.0m Showa 45 (1970) - 269.8m
     
Showa 46 (1971) - 81.0m Showa 47 (1972) - 139.0m Showa 48 (1973) - 201.0m Showa 49 (1974) - 470.0m
     
Showa 50 (1975) - 238.1m Showa 51 (1976) - 241.9m Showa 52 (1977) - 176.0m Showa 53 (1978) - 234.0m
     
Showa 54 (1979) - 110.0m Showa 55 (1980) - 51.0m Showa 56 (1981) - 179.0m Showa 57 (1982) - 30.0m
       
Showa 58 (1983) - 30.0m Showa 59 (1984) - 29.9m Showa 60 (1985) - 10.2m Showa 61 (1986) - 10.0m
       
Showa 62 (1987) - 0.8m Showa 63 (1988) - 109.1m Heisei 1 (1989) - 245.0m Heisei 2 (1990) - 275.0m
     
Heisei 3 (1991) - 209.1m Heisei 4 (1992) - 49.1m Heisei 5 (1993) - 51.2m Heisei 6 (1994) - 65.8m
       
Heisei 7 (1995) - 111.9m Heisei 8 (1996) - 82.2m Heisei 9 (1997) - 150.1m Heisei 10 (1998) - 100.6m
     
Heisei 11 (1999) - 59.1m Heisei 12 (2000) - 7.0m Heisei 13 (2001) - 8.0m Heisei 14 (2002) - 11.7m
     
Heisei 15 (2003) - 10.4m Heisei 16 (2004) - 9.9m Heisei 17 (2005) - 10.0m Heisei 18 (2006) - 10.6m
       
Heisei 19 (2007) -      
       

 

02-8 10 yen (Bronze) milled edge

 

02-9 10 yen (Bronze) plain edge

Diameter: 23.5mm

Alloy: Cu 95%, Zn 40%, Sn 10%

Mass: 4.50g

 

Showa 34 (1959) - 62.4m Showa 35 (1960) - 225.9m Showa 36 (1961) - 229.9m Showa 37 (1962) - 284.2m
       
Showa 38 (1963) - 411.3m Showa 39 (1964) - 479.2m Showa 40 (1965) - 387.6m Showa 41 (1966) - 395.6m
       
Showa 42 (1967) - 158.9m Showa 43 (1968) - 363.6m Showa 44 (1969) - 414.8m Showa 45 (1970) - 382.7m
       
Showa 46 (1971) - 610.0m Showa 47 (1972) - 635.0m Showa 48 (1973) - 1.35b Showa 49 (1974) - 1.78b
     
Showa 50 (1975) - 1.28b Showa 51 (1976) - 1.37b Showa 52 (1977) - 1.47b Showa 53 (1978) - 1.44b
     
Showa 54 (1979) - 1.21b Showa 55 (1980) - 1.13b Showa 56 (1981) - 1.37b Showa 57 (1982) - 890.0m
   
Showa 58 (1983) - 870.0m Showa 59 (1984) - 533.9m Showa 60 (1985) - 335.2m Showa 61 (1986) - 69.0m
     
Showa 62 (1987) - 165.8m Showa 63 (1988) - 618.1m Showa 64 (1989) - 74.7m Heisei 1 (1989) - 666.3m
       
Heisei 2 (1990) - 775.0m Heisei 3 (1991) - 632.1m Heisei 4 (1992) - 538.1m Heisei 5 (1993) - 249.2m
       
Heisei 6 (1994) - 190.8m Heisei 7 (1995) - 248.9m Heisei 8 (1996) - 546.2m Heisei 9 (1997) - 491.1m
     
Heisei 10 (1998) - 410.6m Heisei 11 (1999) - 359.1m Heisei 12 (2000) - 315.0m Heisei 13 (2001) - 546.2m
   
Heisei 14 (2002) - 455.7m Heisei 15 (2003) - 551.4m Heisei 16 (2004) - 592.9m Heisei 17 (2005) - 504.0m
       
Heisei 18 (2006) - 440.6m Heisei 19 (2007) -    
       

 

02-10 Parliament 5 yen (Brass)

 

02-11 Kaisho lettered 5 yen (Brass)

Diameter: 22mm

Alloy: Cu 60-70%, Zn, 40-30%

Mass: 3.75g

 

Showa 24 (1949) - 111.9m Showa 25 (1950) - 181.8m Showa 26 (1951) - 198.0m Showa 27 (1952) - 55.0m
Showa 28 (1953) - 45.0m Showa 32 (1957) - 10.0m Showa 33 (1958) - 50.0m  
     

 

 

02-12 Gothic lettered 5 yen (Brass)

Diameter: 22mm

Alloy: Cu 60-70%, Zn, 40-30%

Mass: 3.75g

 

1959 (Showa 34) - 33.0m 1960 (Showa 35) - 34.8m 1961 (Showa 36) - 61.0m 1962 (Showa 37) - 126.7m
       
1963 (Showa 38) - 171.8m 1964 (Showa 39) - 379.7m 1965 (Showa 40) - 384.2m 1966 (Showa 41) - 163.1m
 
1967 (Showa 42) - 26.0m 1968 (Showa 43) - 114.0m 1969 (Showa 44) - 240.0m 1970 (Showa 45) - 340.0m
       
1971 (Showa 46) - 362.1m 1972 (Showa 47) - 563.0m 1973 (Showa 48) - 745.0m 1974 (Showa 49) - 950.0m
1975 (Showa 50) 970.0m 1976 (Showa 51) - 200.0m 1977 (Showa 52) - 340.0m 1978 (Showa 53) - 318.0m
     
1979 (Showa 54) - 317.0m 1980 (Showa 55) - 385.0m 1981 (Showa 56) - 95.0m 1982 (Showa 57) - 455.0m
 
1983 (Showa 58) - 410.0m 1984 (Showa 59) - 202.9m 1985 (Showa 60) - 153.2m 1986 (Showa 61) - 114.0m
     
1987 (Showa 62) - 631.8m 1988 (Showa 63) - 369.1m 1989 (Showa 64) - 67.3m 1989 (Heisei 1) - 960.7m
 
1990 (Heisei 2) - 521.0m 1991 (Heisei 3) - 517.1m 1992 (Heisei 4) - 301.1m 1993 (Heisei 5) - 413.2m
   
1994 (Heisei 6) - 197.8m 1995 (Heisei 7) - 351.9m 1996 (Heisei 8) - 207.2m 1997 (Heisei 9) - 239.1m
   
1998 (Heisei 10) - 172.6m 1999 (Heisei 11) - 60.1m 2000 (Heisei 12) - 9.0m 2001 (Heisei 13) - 78.0m
 
2002 (Heisei 14) - 143.7m 2003 (Heisei 15) - 102.4m 2004 (Heisei 16) - 70.9m 2005 (Heisei 17) - 16.0m
     
2006 (Heisei 18) - 9.6m 2007 (Heisei 19) -    
       

 

02-13 1 yen (Aluminium)

Diameter: 20mm

Alloy: Al 100%

Mass: 1.0g

 

Showa 30 (1955) - 381.7m Showa 31 (1956) - 500.9m Showa 32 (1957) - 492.0m Showa 33 (1958) - 374.9m
     
Showa 34 (1959) - 208.6m Showa 35 (1960) - 300.0m Showa 36 (1961) - 432.4m Showa 37 (1962) - 572.0m
     
Showa 38 (1963) - 788.7m Showa 39 (1964) - 1.67b Showa 40 (1965) - 1.74b Showa 41 (1966) - 807.3m
 
Showa 42 (1967) - 220.6m Showa 44 (1969) - 184.7m Showa 45 (1970) - 556.4m Showa 46 (1971) - 905.0m
     
Showa 47 (1972) - 1.27b Showa 48 (1973) - 1.47b Showa 49 (1974) - 1.75b Showa 50 (1975) - 1.66b
Showa 51 (1976) - 928.8m Showa 52 (1977) - 895.0m Showa 53 (1978) - 864.0m Showa 54 (1979) - 1.01b
 
Showa 55 (1980) - 1.15b Showa 56 (1981) - 1.21b Showa 57 (1982) - 1.02b Showa 58 (1983) - 1.09b
Showa 59 (1984) - 981.9m Showa 60 (1985) - 837.2m Showa 61 (1986) - 418.0m Showa 62 (1987) - 955.8m
 
Showa 63 (1988) - 1.27b Showa 64 (1989) - 116.1m Heisei 1 (1989) - 2.37b Heisei 2 (1990) - 2.77b
   
Heisei 3 (1991) - 2.30b Heisei 4 (1992) - 1.30b Heisei 5 (1993) - 1.26b Heisei 6 (1994) - 1.04b
 
Heisei 7 (1995) - 1.04b Heisei 8 (1996) - 942.2m Heisei 9 (1997) - 783.1m Heisei 10 (1998) - 452.6m
 
Heisei 11 (1999) - 67.1m Heisei 12 (2000) - 12.0m Heisei 13 (2001) - 8.0m Heisei 14 (2002) - 9.67m
     
Heisei 15 (2003) - 117.4m Heisei 16 (2004) - 52.9m Heisei 17 (2005) - 30.0m Heisei 18 (2006) - 129.6m
       
Heisei 19 (2007) -      
       

 

 

 

15/11/2007