Coins from Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia with a population of 120 million. It shares maritime borders with Russia, Korea and the People's Republic of China. A highly developed industrialised country, Japan has the 3rd largest economy in the world.
Wikidata: Q17

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Monme Silver / Monme-Gin / Ginme (1601-1874)

1 Monme = 10 Fun = 100 Rin

Mameitagin "Ansei Mameitagin" (Double Daikoku)
ND (1859-1865)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.135 silver)
C# 8a, JNDA# 09-69, N# 55934
Mameitagin "Ansei Mameitagin" (Daikoku with 寳)
ND (1859-1865)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.135 silver)
JNDA# 09-69, N# 288012
Mameitagin "Ansei Mameitagin" (Large 政)
ND (1859-1865)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.135 silver)
JNDA# 09-69, N# 288013
Mameitagin "Ansei Mameitagin" (small 政 SEI character)
ND (1859-1865)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.135 silver) • 4.77 g • 14 mm
JNDA# 9-69, N# 285015
Mameitagin "Ansei Mameitagin" (政 SEI cluster)
ND (1859-1865)

Standard circulation coin
Billon (.135 silver)
JNDA# 09-69, N# 288014

Monme (1869)

1 Monme = 10 Fun = 100 Rin

5 Fun "Fuji-hata" (Pattern)
ND (1869)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn3, N# 291366
1 Monme "Fuji-hata" (Pattern)
ND (1869)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn4, N# 291367

Yen (1871-date)

1000 Rin = 100 Sen = 1 Yen (1 Trade Dollar = 420 Grains)

1 Rin - Meiji
ND (1869)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn5, N# 27007
1 Rin - Meiji (plain sun)
3 (1870)

Pattern
Copper • 0.98 g • ⌀ 15.75 mm
KM# Pn7, N# 27009
1 Rin - Meiji (vertical reeded sun)
3 (1870)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn7, N# 165197
1 Mil - Meiji
6 (1873)

Pattern
Copper • 1.2 g • ⌀ 15.6 mm
KM# Pn21, N# 27189
Available for swap 1 Rin - Meiji
6-25 (1873-1892)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.91 g • ⌀ 15.75 mm
Y# 15, JNDA# 01-55, N# 14000
2 Rin - Meiji
18 (1885)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn27, N# 27191
½ Sen - Meiji
3 (1870)

Pattern
Copper • 3.56 g • ⌀ 21.21 mm
KM# Pn8, N# 27010
Available for swap ½ Sen - Meiji
6-25 (1873-1892)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.56 g • ⌀ 22.2 mm
Y# 16, JNDA# 01-53, N# 15169
5 Rin - Meiji
32 (1899)

Pattern
Bronze • 3.75 g • ⌀ 21.6 mm
KM# Pn30, N# 27194
5 Rin - Taishō (Pattern)
5 (1916)

Pattern
Copper • 2.19 g
N# 285854
Available for swap 5 Rin - Taishō
5-8 (1916-1919)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.1 g • ⌀ 18.787 mm
Y# 41, JNDA# 01-54, Schön# 19, N# 13997
1 Sen - Meiji
2 (1869)

Pattern
Copper • 8.69 g • ⌀ 29.1 mm
KM# Pn6, N# 27008
1 Sen - Meiji (Pattern; plain sun)
3 (1870)

Pattern
Copper • 7.3 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# Pn9, N# 27186
1 Sen - Meiji (Pattern; vertical reeded sun)
3 (1870)

Pattern
Copper • 7.13 g • ⌀ 27.8 mm
KM# Pn9, N# 372729
Available for swap 1 Sen - Meiji
6-25 (1873-1892)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 7.13 g • ⌀ 27.9 mm
Y# 17, JNDA# 01-46, N# 5670
1 Sen - Meiji (Silver trial strike)
10 (1877)

Pattern
Silver • 3.54 g • ⌀ 28.0 mm
KM# PnA27, N# 340794
Available for swap 1 Sen - Meiji
31-44 (1898-1911)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 7.13 g • ⌀ 27.87 mm
Y# 20, JNDA# 01-47, N# 13948
1 Sen - Meiji (Pattern)
39 (1906)

Pattern
Aluminium
N# 165198
1 Sen - Meiji (Incuse pattern)
44 (1911)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn37, N# 284224
Available for swap 1 Sen - Taishō
2-4 (1913-1915)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 7.13 g • ⌀ 27.87 mm
Y# 35, JNDA# 01-47, N# 13952
1 Sen - Taishō (Pattern)
4 (1915)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn38, N# 27197
1 Sen - Taishō (Pattern)
5 (1916)

Pattern
Bronze • 3.78 g
KM# Pn41, N# 165178
1 Sen - Taishō
5 (1916)

Pattern
Copper
KM# Pn43, N# 27196
Available for swap 1 Sen - Taishō
5-13 (1916-1924)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.75 g • ⌀ 23.03 mm
Y# 42, JNDA# 01-48, Schön# 20, N# 5434
Available for swap 1 Sen - Shōwa
2-13 (1927-1938)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.75 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Y# 47, JNDA# 01-48, N# 13954
Available for swap 1 Sen - Shōwa
13 (1938)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.75 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Y# 55, JNDA# 01-49, N# 13957
1 Sen - Shōwa (20mm Aluminium Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Aluminium • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 165181
1 Sen - Shōwa (23mm Aluminium Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Aluminium • ⌀ 23 mm
N# 165180
1 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Copper • 3.80 g
N# 284222
Available for swap 1 Sen - Shōwa
13-15 (1938-1940)

Standard circulation coin
Aluminium • 0.9 g • ⌀ 17.6 mm
Y# 56, JNDA# 01-50, Schön# 31, N# 8949
Available for swap 1 Sen - Shōwa
16-18 (1941-1943)

Standard circulation coin
Aluminium • 0.65 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Y# 59, JNDA# 01-51, N# 4964
Available for swap 1 Sen - Shōwa
18 (1943)

Standard circulation coin
Aluminium • 0.55 g • ⌀ 16 mm
Y# 59a, JNDA# 01-51, N# 25128
Available for swap 1 Sen - Shōwa
19-20 (1944-1945)

Standard circulation coin
Tin-zinc • 1.3 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Y# 62, JNDA# 01-52, Schön# 39, N# 9579
1 Sen - Shōwa (Not issued)
ND (1945)

Non-circulating coin
Porcelain • 0.8 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 110, N# 13996
1 Sen - Shōwa (Not issued)
20 (1945)

Pattern
Porcelain • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# Pn75, N# 27214
1 Sen - Shōwa (Not issued)
20 (1945)

Non-circulating coin
Porcelain
N# 165183
1 Sen - Shōwa (Not issued)
20 (1945)

Pattern
Porcelain
N# 165194
Available for swap 2 Sen - Meiji
6-25 (1873-1892)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 14.3 g • ⌀ 31.8 mm
Y# 18, JNDA# 01-45, N# 2317
5 Sen - Meiji
3-4 (1870-1871)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.800) • 1.25 g • ⌀ 16.15 mm
Y# 1, JNDA# 01-33, N# 15206
Available for swap 5 Sen - Meiji
4 (1871)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.800) • 1.25 g • ⌀ 16.2 mm
Y# 6, JNDA# 01-34, N# 13949
Available for swap 5 Sen - Meiji
6-25 (1873-1892)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.800) • 1.35 g • ⌀ 15.15 mm
Y# 22, JNDA# 01-35, N# 13961
5 Sen - Meiji
21 (1888)

Pattern
Copper-nickel
KM# Pn28, N# 27193
Available for swap 5 Sen - Meiji
22-30 (1889-1897)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 4.7 g • ⌀ 20.6 mm
Y# 19, JNDA# 01-36, N# 10871
5 Sen - Meiji (Pattern)
28 (1895)

Pattern
Copper-nickel
KM# Pn29, N# 284320
5 Sen - Meiji (Incuse pattern)
29 (1896)

Pattern
Copper-nickel
N# 285824
Available for swap 5 Sen - Meiji
30-42 (1897-1909)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 4.67 g • ⌀ 20.6 mm
Y# 21, JNDA# 01-37, N# 13951
5 Sen - Meiji (Pattern)
39 (1906)

Pattern
Copper-nickel • 4.67 g • ⌀ 20.60 mm
JNDA# 01-37, N# 284317
5 Sen - Taishō (Pattern)
5 (1916)

Pattern
Copper-nickel
KM# Pn44, N# 165210
5 Sen - Taishō (with sakura around hole)
5 (1916)

Pattern
Copper-nickel
KM# Pn44, N# 27206
Available for swap 5 Sen - Taishō (large type)
6-9 (1917-1920)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 4.28 g • ⌀ 20.6 mm
Y# 43, JNDA# 01-38, N# 24457
Available for swap 5 Sen - Taishō (small type)
9-12 (1920-1923)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 2.63 g • ⌀ 19.09 mm
Y# 44, JNDA# 01-39, N# 9580
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
7 (1932)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 2.63 g • ⌀ 19.1 mm
Y# 48, JNDA# 01-39, N# 13955
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
8 (1933)

Pattern
Nickel • 2.80 g
KM# Pn62, N# 284333
5 Sen - Shōwa (Short rays pattern)
8 (1933)

Pattern
Nickel • 2.8 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# Pn63, N# 214730
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
8 (1933)

Pattern
Nickel • 2.79 g • ⌀ 18.9 mm
N# 284336
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
8-13 (1933-1938)

Standard circulation coin
Nickel • 2.8 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Y# 53, JNDA# 01-40, N# 13956
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Brass • 2.90 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284324
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Nickel • 3.0 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284325
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.07 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284326
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.18 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284327
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
13-15 (1938-1940)

Standard circulation coin
Aluminium bronze • 2.8 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Y# 57, JNDA# 01-41, N# 13959
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
14 (1939)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.19 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284328
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
14 (1939)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.22 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284330
5 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
14 (1939)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.55 g • ⌀ 19 mm
N# 284332
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
15-18 (1940-1943)

Standard circulation coin
Aluminium • 1.2 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Y# 60, JNDA# 01-42, N# 9225
5 Sen - Shōwa (Tin Pattern)
17 (1942)

Pattern
Tin • 2.75 g
N# 284334
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
19 (1944)

Standard circulation coin
Tin-zinc • 1.95 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Y# 63, JNDA# 01-43, N# 5436
5 Sen - Shōwa (Not released into circulation)
20 (1945)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.80 g • ⌀ 19 mm
JNDA# 01-42, N# 284335
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
20 (1945)

Pattern
Porcelain • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# Pn77, N# 27215
5 Sen - Shōwa (Not issued)
20 (1945)

Non-circulating coin
Porcelain
N# 165184
5 Sen - Shōwa (Not issued)
20 (1945)

Non-circulating coin
Porcelain
N# 165193
Available for swap 5 Sen - Shōwa
20-21 (1945-1946)

Standard circulation coin
Tin-zinc • 2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Y# 65, JNDA# 01-44, N# 13960
10 Sen (Pattern)
ND

Pattern
Silver • 2.25 g • ⌀ 17.57 mm
N# 284347
10 Sen - Meiji
3 (1870)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.800) • 2.5 g • ⌀ 17.57 mm
Y# 2, JNDA# 01-23, N# 15204
Available for swap 10 Sen - Meiji
6-39 (1873-1906)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.800) • 2.70 g • ⌀ 17.6 mm
Y# 23, JNDA# 01-24, N# 13998
Available for swap 10 Sen - Meiji
40-45 (1907-1912)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.720) • 2.25 g • ⌀ 17.57 mm
Y# 29, JNDA# 01-25, N# 14002
Available for swap 10 Sen - Taishō
1-6 (1912-1917)

Standard circulation coin
Silver (.720) • 2.25 g • ⌀ 17.57 mm
Y# 36, JNDA# 01-25, N# 14003
10 Sen - Taishō
7-8 (1918-1919)

Pattern
Silver (.720) • 1.50 g • ⌀ 16.06 mm
KM# Pn45, N# 27207
Available for swap 10 Sen - Taishō
9-15 (1920-1926)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 3.75 g • ⌀ 22.17 mm
Y# 45, JNDA# 01-27, N# 5435
Available for swap 10 Sen - Shōwa
2-7 (1927-1932)

Standard circulation coin
Copper-nickel • 3.75 g • ⌀ 22.17 mm
Y# 49, JNDA# 01-27, N# 14004
10 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
8 (1933)

Pattern
Nickel • 4.02 g
N# 284338
Available for swap 10 Sen - Shōwa
8-12 (1933-1937)

Standard circulation coin
Nickel • 4 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Y# 54, JNDA# 01-28, N# 14005
10 Sen - Shōwa (Copper Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Copper • 3.69 g • ⌀ 22 mm
N# 284340
10 Sen - Shōwa (Nickel Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Nickel • 4.36 g
N# 284339
10 Sen - Shōwa (Pattern)
13 (1938)

Pattern
Aluminium • 1.5 g
N# 284344
Available for swap 10 Sen - Shōwa
13-15 (1938-1940)

Standard circulation coin
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 22.0 mm
Y# 58, JNDA# 01-29, N# 14006

The Numista referees for coins of this issuer are Idolenz and Sakrificed.

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