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50 Yen - Shōwa

Features

Issuer	Japan
Emperor	Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	42-63 (1967-1988)
Calendar	Japanese - Shōwa era
Value	50 Yen 50 JPY = USD 0.35
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	4 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	1.7 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 1026 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	Y# 81, Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14^th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States. And 1 more volumes. JNDA# 02-7, Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2020. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan. Schön# 58 Gerhard Schön; 2018. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (46. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Center hole flanked by chrysanthemum flowers, authority on top and value below

Lettering:
日本国
五十円

Translation:
State of Japan
50 yen

Reverse

Value in large font above the center hole with the date below

Lettering:
50
昭和42年

Translation:
50
Year 42 of Shōwa

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Japan Mint (独立行政法人造幣局 / Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku), Hiroschima, Japan

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
42 (1967)	238 400 000		$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.48	$ 0.66			20%
43 (1968)	200 000 000			$ 0.18	$ 0.48	$ 0.68			16%
44 (1969)	210 900 000			$ 0.29	$ 0.38	$ 0.76			16%
45 (1970)	269 800 000	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 0.79	$ 1.57	$ 9.21	19%
46 (1971)	80 950 000			$ 0.48	$ 0.63	$ 0.83			7%
47 (1972)	138 980 000			$ 0.41	$ 0.48	$ 0.67			11%
48 (1973)	200 970 000				$ 0.34	$ 0.45	$ 0.51	$ 0.77	14%
49 (1974)	470 000 000			$ 0.29	$ 0.38	$ 0.53	$ 0.91		26%
50 (1975)	238 120 000			$ 0.29	$ 0.44	$ 0.47			15%
51 (1976)	241 880 000			$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.56			14%
52 (1977)	176 000 000			$ 0.29	$ 0.38	$ 0.70			10%
53 (1978)	234 000 000			$ 0.29	$ 0.29	$ 0.38			13%
54 (1979)	110 000 000				$ 0.48	$ 0.50			7%
55 (1980)	51 000 000			$ 0.28	$ 0.44	$ 0.60			4%
56 (1981)	179 000 000				$ 0.38	$ 0.72	$ 0.76	$ 0.87	10%
57 (1982)	30 000 000								2%
58 (1983)	30 000 000								2%
59 (1984)	29 850 000								2%
60 (1985)	10 150 000								1.2%
61 (1986)	9 960 000								1.1%
62 (1987)	545 000								0.5%
62 (1987)	230 000								0.13%	Proof
63 (1988)	108 912 000				$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.49	$ 0.72	7%
63 (1988)	200 000								0.4%	Proof

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