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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 64156, member: 1235&quot;]Well, the yen is the standard denomination in Japan - and this example is the 52nd year of Showa, so on the reverse side of this coin, mine has a 52 for the 4th and 5th character - which is 1977 AD.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you happen to have your coin in hand right now?&nbsp; There should be 5 characters - the first two are designated for the dynasty, followed by the year # (42-63 for your issue) then the last is the Japanese character for &quot;Year&quot;...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>year 42 (1967) - year 63 (1988)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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