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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Milesofwho, post: 3408062, member: 91469&quot;]It&#039;s year one of the Heisei era, or 1989. The Japanese use an ordinal number for the first year of a reign rather than a cardinal like every other year. Year 1 of the Heisei era was also year 64 of the Showa era, which was the reign title Hirohito chose. His death from cancer led his son Akihito to ascend to the throne, and he chose the reign title Heisei. He will be stepping down this year, on April 30th, so there will probably be a new set of coins like this one with the new reign title for his son, whatever that will be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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