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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 5427451, member: 102103"]These look to be Showa 44, 52 and 56. You can add to 1925 to get the Western dates: 1969, 1977 and 1981. My 1995 Krause guide doesn't show any dates carrying a premium after the Cu-Ni series started in Showa 42 (1967). Before that they are 60% silver and carry a metal premium. Back then the metal value was well below face value, but it's much higher now. At 5 for a dollar you can't go wrong with a coin that's worth $0.96 face if you have a way to spend them. If I ever go back to Japan I'll probably stuff my pockets with small change to repatriate!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235789[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 100 yen bill is pretty cool. Those have been obsolete for a while. I don't know that they carry much of a premium. Technically the Series B notes are still legal tender, but one would probably get strange looks if one tried to spend one, kind of like a $2 bill in the US. I doubt cash registers have a slot for them any more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 5427451, member: 102103"]These look to be Showa 44, 52 and 56. You can add to 1925 to get the Western dates: 1969, 1977 and 1981. My 1995 Krause guide doesn't show any dates carrying a premium after the Cu-Ni series started in Showa 42 (1967). Before that they are 60% silver and carry a metal premium. Back then the metal value was well below face value, but it's much higher now. At 5 for a dollar you can't go wrong with a coin that's worth $0.96 face if you have a way to spend them. If I ever go back to Japan I'll probably stuff my pockets with small change to repatriate! [ATTACH=full]1235789[/ATTACH] The 100 yen bill is pretty cool. Those have been obsolete for a while. I don't know that they carry much of a premium. Technically the Series B notes are still legal tender, but one would probably get strange looks if one tried to spend one, kind of like a $2 bill in the US. I doubt cash registers have a slot for them any more.[/QUOTE]
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