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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7642538, member: 102103&quot;]10 Yen, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7515.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7515.html" rel="nofollow">milled edge type</a>:</p><p>These were made from Showa 26-33 (1951-58, none made 1956)</p><p>I only have Showa 26-30 so far.&nbsp; The last 2 years are a little lower mintages, while the early years were 100~500 million minted.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1314173[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I grab these whenever I find them for 10 cents, which is only a penny or so over face value.&nbsp; If I ever have too many, I guess I can buy a soda or something from a vending machine next time I go back to Japan.&nbsp; (Do vending machines still take coins in Japan?)&nbsp; Distribution I have almost exactly matches what you would expect from the mintages:&nbsp; a ton of years 27, 28 and 29; a few of 26 and 30; and none of the lower mintage years 32 and 33</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314166[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From 1959-present, a smoothed-edged version was minted.&nbsp; Shown bottom left for comparison (Showa 56 = 1981, right is reeded Showa 27 = 1952).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1314165[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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