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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bart, post: 145175, member: 5580&quot;]The Showa era (reign of Hirohito) goes from 1926 to 1989, your 1 yen coin was issued from 1955 until the death of the emperor in 1989. The Heisei era (reign of Akihito) started in 1989 and still goes on (1989 is Heisei year 1, 2006 is Heisei year 18).</p><p>The 1, 2 or 3 characters directly behind the characters with the reign name give the year number in Japanese. The last character means &quot;year&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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