100 Yen - Shōwa(1959) — VerifyYourBrain

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Back with another silver coin, this time I figured to pick something that is not from Germany. But it's a country they were really good pals once upon a time 😊😂

Let's see a couple pics first!

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So what we have here is a Japanese 100 yen piece from 1959, which falls in the Showa era:

The Shōwa era (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, [ɕoːwadʑidai] ⓘ) was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989. It was preceded by the Taishō era and succeeded by the Heisei era. source

The obverse features prominently a sheaf of rice and in Japanese the text

State of Japan
100 Yen

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Moving on the reverse things at simple. Just the denomination, era and year

Shōwa
Year 39

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This is a really small coin so as expected there's not much to see in the edge

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When it comes to composition, we have 4.8 g of 0.600 purity.

As always, here are some more quick stats from Numista

Issuer Japan
Emperor Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 34-41 (1959-1966)
Calendar Japanese - Shōwa era
Value 100 Yen
100 JPY = EUR 0.59
Currency Yen (1871-date)
Composition Silver (.600) (60% Silver, 30% Copper, 10% Zinc)
Weight 4.8 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

So yeah, just a simple standard circulation coin. Nothing really special about it. But it's good to have something shiny from so afar :)

Ok, I will leave you now with some more shots I took:

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See you soon with more shiny 🥳💸

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That looks cool, man. I wonder what is the total value of your silver collection XD

No idea at this point! I must make an excel but too lazy 😂

All the people who used to hold silver are very happy as the price has increased, I like their design too.

I like that it features rice. Like sushi rice. Hmmm... I must be hungry.
I'll head for home now and eat my dinner! !LOL
!BBH

Nice coin and I think it's a fitting theme for Japan. They have a rich history and rice is a great staple food for people there.

Asian people like rice 🤣

it's nice tho, but I don't really like coins, because I feel like I can easily misplace them

Cool ricecoin! :)

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Japanese old coinage is very interesting.

Have you seen the rare tentacle porn coins from 1938?

Well not this one lol

Sort of ugly but I like it just like you 😘 !BBH !LOL !ALIVE

Appropriate theme for the coin. Rice is the agricultural foundation of Japan especially going back in history as almost every farmer paid their taxes in the form of Rice when silver was often scarce, right @trumpman san?

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AHH, this coins reminded me of shogun.. Japanese history is fascinating and that design represents it well.

!PIZZA

They are also cheap if you want one :)