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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 207718, member: 669&quot;]Dead center in the first picture is the first non-silver Japanese ¥100 (Y#82, cu-ni) minted from 1967-88.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the other side you&#039;ll see a two digit number in western numerals.&nbsp; Add 1925 to that number (the Showa date) and you will get the western date - for example if the number is 44, the coin was struck in 1969.&nbsp; Worth&nbsp; a couple of bucks or less.</p><p><br /></p><p>The small aluminum coin at the top center of both pictures is a Japanese ¥1 (Y#74 - 1955-89, Y#95.1 - 1989, Y#95.2, 1990-present).&nbsp; Considering where you got it, I&#039;m sure it&#039;s Y#74 which is cataloged at 10¢ Unc except for the 1989, which is listed at 50¢ Unc. in Krause because of its comparatively small mintage - 116,100,000 due to Hirohito&#039;s death in January and the re-dating necessitated by Akihito&#039;s ascension to the throne.&nbsp; Earlier years had mintages from ~1/2-billion to 1.74-billion.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.frozengold.com/messageboards/laugh.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The ones at the bottom left of the ¥100 and at about 7 o&#039;clock in the outer row are both bronze ¥10 coins with their dates under the large 10 on the reverse.&nbsp; The building is a very famous ancient temple.&nbsp; If they have reeded ages they are Y#73 from 1951-58; otherwise they could be Y#73a (1959-89), Y#97.1 (1989), or Y#97.2 (1990-present).&nbsp; The reeded edge coins are quite scarce Unc with values&nbsp; of ~$20-40.&nbsp; With only a couple of exceptions the smooth-edge coins&#039; Unc value is &lt;$1, and without exception both types have little or no numismatic value in circulated grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the coins include European, South American, Israeli, and other Asian coins; but I didn&#039;t see anything particularly valuable (although I wouldn&#039;t rule out the possibility that I missed something).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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