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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 735293, member: 4703&quot;]Circulated, &lt;40¢ <ul> <li>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 &quot;Gan&quot; (&quot;First&quot;) was used.</li> <li>In Showa 39 (1964 - last year of silver) ¥100 began carrying western numerals, again according to the Japanese calendar.</li> <li>Since Showa 63 (1988) ¥500 coins, many of which are commemoratives, have been inconsistent.&nbsp; That year the commems had western dates, the regular coinage did not.</li> <li>Since Showa 39 ¥1,000 coins - all of which are commems - have also been inconsistent in date representation.</li> </ul><p></p><p>IMHO <a href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lioncoins.com/nippon.htm" rel="nofollow">this website</a> remains the best internet source for assistance in dating Japanese coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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