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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swish513, post: 987208, member: 22068&quot;]my father served in the us air force for 25 years, and towards the end of his service we were stationed in yakota afb, japan, and kadena afb, okinawa, for almost 6 years combined. recently, i pulled out all of my coined yen (over ¥6000 face) and went down memory lane...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]95014.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>showa 59 (1984) ¥1... my sisters and i thought these were made of plastic when we were young. we were wrong. just 1g of aluminum.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]95015.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>showa 58 (1983) ¥5... my mom has always loved these coins because of the hole in them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]95016.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>showa 60 (1985) ¥10... my sisters and i would sneak off the base to the corner &quot;10-yen store&quot; (as we called it) to buy candy by the handfulls, which only cost ¥10.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]95021.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>showa 27 (1952) ¥10... the oldest yen in my collection, pulled from circulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]95022.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>showa 57 (1982) ¥50... again, my mom loved it because of the hole. moms... what would we do without them??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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