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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7644975, member: 102103&quot;]The <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5437.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5437.html" rel="nofollow">brass 1 yen</a> is a pretty short series:&nbsp; Showa 23-25 (1948-1950)</p><p>None of the dates are particularly rare or expensive, so I should be able to complete the set pretty easily.&nbsp; But...&nbsp; all the ones I have are of the same date:&nbsp; Showa 24.</p><p>It was replaced by the <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1590.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1590.html" rel="nofollow">aluminum 1 yen</a> in 1955-present (Showa 30-).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1314499[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The aluminum 1 yen is not a particularly beloved coin in Japan, as far as I have heard.&nbsp; Most stores and restaurants give prices in round numbers, and the pretax price is set so that the numbers come out even after tax.&nbsp; When they raise the consumption tax, it messes everything up, though, to people&#039;s annoyance.</p><p><br /></p><p>1 yen coins can float.&nbsp; They are only 1 gram, and are quite thin.&nbsp; Aluminum is 2.7 times denser than water, but if you set one down right, the meniscus will support it from the surface tension.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314500[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Brass and silver 1 yen coins are hopeless, though.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314501[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314502[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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