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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3902969, member: 15588"]Many of you already know that this was the year that a new Emperor took the throne in Japan. Emperor Akihito stepped down due to age and his son Naruhito became Emperor. Those of us who get excited about Japanese coins know that this means that Japanese coins will show a new era date, since traditional Japanese dates go by the reign of the current Emperor. Akihito went by "平成" or "Heisei" and his son took on the era name "令和" or "Reiwa." So, just like in 1989 after Emperor Hirohito died, the first round of coins contained the previous Emperor's era name and the second contained the new Emperor's era name. So in 2019 the first round of coins displayed the date "平成31年" or "平成三十一年" meaning "the 31st year of Heisei." The new Emperor's first year doesn't show a numeral date, but instead includes a character that means "beginning" or "元". So the second batch of coins for 2019 includes the date "令和元年" or "Reiwa Gannen." So I really wanted to have some of these on hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>After watching the Japan Mint store site for months and seeing <i>nothing</i>, I finally relented and bought a 2019 Reiwa Mint Set from Ebay. I didn't pay <i>too much</i>, but I paid more than I would have paid on the Japan Mint website. So it goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said on another thread, it appears that the outgoing Emperor's coins have historically had drastically lower mintages than the incoming Emperor's coins, so the "Heisei 31" is probably the one to have, but I haven't seen mintage figures yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some pictures of the Reiwa coins that were waiting for me at the post office today, complete with some closeups of my favorite part, the new era name.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028649[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3902969, member: 15588"]Many of you already know that this was the year that a new Emperor took the throne in Japan. Emperor Akihito stepped down due to age and his son Naruhito became Emperor. Those of us who get excited about Japanese coins know that this means that Japanese coins will show a new era date, since traditional Japanese dates go by the reign of the current Emperor. Akihito went by "平成" or "Heisei" and his son took on the era name "令和" or "Reiwa." So, just like in 1989 after Emperor Hirohito died, the first round of coins contained the previous Emperor's era name and the second contained the new Emperor's era name. So in 2019 the first round of coins displayed the date "平成31年" or "平成三十一年" meaning "the 31st year of Heisei." The new Emperor's first year doesn't show a numeral date, but instead includes a character that means "beginning" or "元". So the second batch of coins for 2019 includes the date "令和元年" or "Reiwa Gannen." So I really wanted to have some of these on hand. After watching the Japan Mint store site for months and seeing [I]nothing[/I], I finally relented and bought a 2019 Reiwa Mint Set from Ebay. I didn't pay [I]too much[/I], but I paid more than I would have paid on the Japan Mint website. So it goes. As I said on another thread, it appears that the outgoing Emperor's coins have historically had drastically lower mintages than the incoming Emperor's coins, so the "Heisei 31" is probably the one to have, but I haven't seen mintage figures yet. Here are some pictures of the Reiwa coins that were waiting for me at the post office today, complete with some closeups of my favorite part, the new era name. [ATTACH=full]1028649[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1028654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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