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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3941271, member: 15588&quot;]The Heisei coins arrived, so these, along with the earlier posted Reiwa (令和元年) coins, complete the two Japanese coin sets for 2019. The Heisei coins all carry the dates 平成三十一年 or 平成31年, to mark the final year of the Emperor Akihito on the throne (he requested abdication due to age and the Japanese government had to create a special constitutional dispensation for an Emperor to step down; typically a reign ends only upon an Emperor&#039;s death).</p><p><br /></p><p>This set contains the same wild boar medal as the Reiwa set, with the 2019 reverse. The characters 造幣局 (pronounced &quot;Zôheikyoku&quot;), not surprisingly, mean &quot;Mint.&quot; I&#039;ve also included some closeups of the Heisei dates on a few coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t buy many mint sets, but the changing of a Japanese Emperor, and a corresponding era, doesn&#039;t come along too often. Thankfully, the prices finally came down enough to warrant purchasing them. Upon release, both of these sets sold for $150.00 or more<i> each</i>. By waiting for a mere few months, I was able to get them <i>both</i> for well under $100.00, including postage. Buying into initial hype rarely pays.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be interesting to see the final mintage figures and whether they line up with the historical trend of releasing far less of the outgoing Emperor&#039;s coins than the incoming Emperor&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038913[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1038912[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1038914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1038917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1038916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1038915[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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