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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 40264, member: 669&quot;]As a matter of fact, it is the <i>only</i> Japanese coin with a western style &quot;10&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a 4.5g bronze ¥10 dated Showa 35 (1960), KM#73a, mintage 225,900,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>The basic design is the oldest continuously produced Japanese coin.&nbsp; KM#73 (1951-58) was identical except for its reeded edge.&nbsp; KM#73a was minted in the 10s of billions from 1959-1989, followed by KM#97.1, dated Heisei Gan (first) in 1989, and about 4.5-billion KM#97.2 from 1990 through the present.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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