50 Yen - Shōwa

50 Yen - Shōwa - obverse50 Yen - Shōwa - reverse

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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 0.33
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
References Y# 81,
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
JNDA# 02-7,
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.
Schön# 58
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 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

50 Yen - Shōwa -  obverse

© Renato Lima (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
42 (1967)  238 400 000 $ 0.29 $ 0.38 $ 0.38 $ 0.54 $ 0.73 $ 0.82 $ 1.90 20%
43 (1968)  200 000 000 $ 0.20 $ 0.58 $ 0.58 $ 0.58 16%
44 (1969)  210 900 000 $ 0.22 $ 0.32 $ 0.42 $ 0.85 16%
45 (1970)  269 800 000 $ 0.39 $ 0.53 $ 0.54 $ 0.88 $ 1.60 $ 11 19%
46 (1971)  80 950 000 $ 0.32 $ 0.48 $ 0.93 7%
47 (1972)  138 980 000 $ 0.46 $ 0.54 $ 0.66 $ 0.79 $ 1.90 11%
48 (1973)  200 970 000 $ 0.18 $ 0.38 $ 0.57 $ 0.62 $ 0.86 14%
49 (1974)  470 000 000 $ 0.29 $ 0.29 $ 0.33 $ 0.40 $ 0.57 $ 0.57 $ 1.00 26%
50 (1975)  238 120 000 $ 0.19 $ 0.20 $ 0.51 $ 0.51 $ 0.51 $ 0.51 15%
51 (1976)  241 880 000 $ 0.45 $ 0.48 $ 0.62 14%
52 (1977)  176 000 000 $ 0.44 $ 0.44 $ 0.44 $ 0.79 $ 1.20 $ 2.90 10%
53 (1978)  234 000 000 $ 0.32 $ 0.32 $ 0.43 $ 0.72 $ 1.30 13%
54 (1979)  110 000 000 $ 0.07 $ 0.54 $ 0.56 7%
55 (1980)  51 000 000 $ 0.31 $ 0.49 $ 0.67 4%
56 (1981)  179 000 000 $ 0.43 $ 0.77 $ 0.81 $ 0.97 10%
57 (1982)  30 000 000 $ 0.33 $ 0.51 2%
58 (1983)  30 000 000 $ 0.53 2%
59 (1984)  29 850 000 2%
60 (1985)  10 150 000 1.2%
61 (1986)  9 960 000 $ 2.40 1.0%
62 (1987)  545 000 0.4%
62 (1987)  230 000 0.14% Proof
63 (1988)  108 912 000 $ 0.46 $ 0.65 $ 0.81 $ 1.40 7%
63 (1988)  200 000 0.4% Proof

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