Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 801022, member: 4703&quot;]Welcome home.</p><ul> <li>Meiji Gan (&quot;First&quot;) = 1868, so for the western date just add 1867 to the date on the coin.</li> <li>Taisho Gan = 1912, so add 1911.</li> <li>Showa Gan = 1926, so add 1925.</li> <li>Heisei Gan = 1989, so add 1988.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>On a related topic - the year of an Emperor&#039;s death has two designations on the Japanese calendar.&nbsp; One is the final year of the old era, and the other is the first year of the new.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus 1989CE was both Showa 64 (Jan. 1-7), and Hesei Gan (Jan. 8-Dec. 31).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of the 2,492,870,000 ¥1 coins minted that year, a comparatively paltry 116,100,000 (4.7%) are dated Showa 64.&nbsp; The ¥5, ¥10, ¥100 and ¥500 mintages are comparably related.&nbsp; There were no ¥50 coins dated Showa 64.&nbsp; There were, however, 200,000 proof coins dated Heisei Gan in each denomination, including ¥50.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in