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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4364557, member: 102103&quot;]Part 5:&nbsp; 5 yen</p><p>L:&nbsp; Showa 23 (1948)&nbsp; R:&nbsp; Showa 25 (1950)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1103214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1103215[/ATTACH] </p><p>Japan has two obsolete types of 5 yen coins, not counting the earlier gold coin from the Meiji Era.&nbsp; The one without the center hole was only issued from Showa 23-24 (1948-1949), and has the Diet building on the reverse.&nbsp; Not sure what a pigeon is doing on the obverse.&nbsp; In spite of the two year mintage, these coins are plentiful and don&#039;t carry much of a premium over face in circulated condition.&nbsp; The righthand coin uses a brush-style script for the &quot;五円&quot; on the reverse, as opposed to the block-style characters on the modern version.&nbsp; It also uses the old-fashioned version of the character for country: 國 instead of 国.They were made from Showa 24-33 (1949-1953).&nbsp; They are also readily available for most years.&nbsp; Showa 32 (1957) is the scarcest date, and Showa 27, 28 and 33 have smaller mintages than the first three years of production and carry a slight premium.&nbsp; There was no Showa 29 or 30 five yen coin minted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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