I think this coin is Korean but I am not sure. Anyways, I just need help with id on this beauty, nice coin but not the best of condition. Oh any guess on condition would be appreciated as well. thanks
Well thank you, not that I'm gonna sell it but do you know what it is worth? Also do you know what year Japan started placing a numerical years on their coins, I mean with our numbers or haven't they started? thx
Circulated, <40¢ Beginning in Showa 42 (1967) ¥50 coins have had the Japanese calendar year date in western numerals (with the exception of the first year of the Heisei era (1989) when the Japanese character "Gan" ("First") was used. In Showa 39 (1964 - last year of silver) ¥100 began carrying western numerals, again according to the Japanese calendar. Since Showa 63 (1988) ¥500 coins, many of which are commemoratives, have been inconsistent. That year the commems had western dates, the regular coinage did not. Since Showa 39 ¥1,000 coins - all of which are commems - have also been inconsistent in date representation. IMHO this website remains the best internet source for assistance in dating Japanese coinage.
This coin can still circulate, so the intrinsic value is 10 yen or about 0.11 US$. In Krause the value of this coin (with mintage 123,100,000 for Showa 30 or 1955) is 0.20 $ in VF, 0.35 $ in XF. Japanese coins bear only the year of reign of the reigning emperor, not the AD year. The reign of Hirohito is called the Showa Era, the reign of Akihito is the Heisei Era. Somewhere in the 1960's Japan began to show the year of reign in western numerals on the coins of denominations 50 yen and higher (but only following the reign era's, not in AD-years). The year on the lower denominations (1,5 and 10 yen) still is in Japanese numerals. hontonai gave you more accurate information while I was typing
