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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 159212, member: 669&quot;]There were no official proofs issued for Japan&#039;s first ever ¥1000 coin, but the quality of the circulation coins was exceptional.&nbsp; About 10% of the ones I have accumulated exhibit prooflike characteristics.&nbsp; In many ways the 1964 Olympics were a celebration of Japan&#039;s entry into&nbsp; international political life, following it&#039;s years of isolation, then what we would call today a &quot;third world emerging nation&quot; and the devastating effects of World War II, culminating in its rebirth as a world economic pwer.&nbsp; As a result they pulled out all the stops, and both the ¥100 and ¥1000 yen commemoratives were of outstanding quality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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