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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2066384, member: 19065&quot;]Yes, these are currently used in circulation in Japan. They are big 95% copper coins.Your coin is dates Showa 59 昭和五十九年 which is 1984 in the western calendar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Wikipedia link for you to see the history of the denomination and some specs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_yen_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_yen_coin" rel="nofollow"><b>10 Yen</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The building is the Phoenix Hall of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By%C5%8Dd%C5%8D-in" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By%C5%8Dd%C5%8D-in" rel="nofollow">Byōdō-in</a>, located in Kyoto the old capital of Japan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check all of the coins you have to see if any have reeded edges. That was a variety minted only from 1951 and 1958. Finding one nowadays is kind of like finding a Wheat cent in pocket change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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