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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1223169, member: 17919&quot;]Considering that the Bullet Train (called the Shinkansen in Japanese) was officially opened on October 1, 1964, the date seems suspect. Also, Japan did not officially issue a commemorative coin to mark the occasion, and its first commemorative coins in the post-war era were issued in 1964 to commemorate the Tokyo Olympics (100 and 1000 yen silver coins). The next commemorative coin after that was the copper-nickel 100-yen coin commemorating Expo &#039;70 in Osaka. Japan&#039;s first commemorative gold coins were issued in 1986 to mark the 60th year of the Showa Emperor (Hirohito).</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a feeling that what you have is a gold-plated bronze medal issued in 1964, but pictures of both the coin and the Japanese literature (high resolution so I can read it) will help me to determine just what it is you have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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