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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4364376, member: 102103&quot;]Part 2:&nbsp; 50 yen</p><p>L:&nbsp; Showa 31 (1956)&nbsp; R:&nbsp; Showa 51 (1976)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1103187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1103188[/ATTACH] </p><p>The 50 yen was never made of gold or silver.&nbsp; Before WW2 it would have been too large an amount for a gold coin, and after the wartime inflation it was a subsidiary coin made of nickel even when the 100 yen was silver.&nbsp; The left type was made from 1955-1958, and the right type with the hole was made from 1967-present.&nbsp; There is an intermediate type from year 34-41 (1959-1966) which I don&#039;t have loose.&nbsp; These are almost always worth picking up from a junk bin, even if they are modern, as the face value is about $0.46.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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