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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7642696, member: 102103&quot;]5 yen obsolete types (not counting gold 5 yen, alas):</p><p>Top row was made only for 2 years, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5940.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5940.html" rel="nofollow">Showa 23-24</a> (1948-49).</p><p>It has the diet building on the obverse, pigeon on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom row is very similar to the modern 5 yen, but the characters are in a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces97765.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces97765.html" rel="nofollow">brush stroke style</a> rather than a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces929.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces929.html" rel="nofollow">block style</a>. Honestly, I think the brush stroke version looks a lot prettier.&nbsp; Minted from Showa 24-33 (1949-58) with a gap from 29-31.&nbsp; The last 4 years of the series are lower mintages and I&#039;ve yet to find one by chance in a junk bin.&nbsp; I have Showa 24-26 here (1949-51).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314192[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314193[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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