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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 3504553, member: 102103&quot;]Japanese Coins use imperial dates:</p><p>Heisei 平成:　(1989-2019)&nbsp; Add the year number to 1988</p><p>Showa 昭和:　(1926-1989)&nbsp; Add the year number to 1925</p><p>Taisho 大正:　(1912-1926)&nbsp; Add the year number to 1911</p><p>Meiji 明治:　(1868-1912)&nbsp; Add the year number to 1867</p><p>The numbers will also be in Chinese-style characters.&nbsp; Most of those look postwar to me, so except for the silver ones they probably don&#039;t carry much of a premium over face.&nbsp; If you have any 10 yen coins from the 1950s they have reeded edges and are worth about 50% more than the new ones, I&#039;ve heard.&nbsp; The older 5 yen have brush style characters instead of print style (straight lines).</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to pick out older non-silver coins from 10 cent junk bins.&nbsp; Here is a picture of some older types you can find around.&nbsp; Second from the left on the top row is actually Manchurian puppet state occupation money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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