500 Yen - Heisei Acrobatic Skiing

500 Yen - Heisei (Acrobatic Skiing) - obverse500 Yen - Heisei (Acrobatic Skiing) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Japan
Emperor Heisei (1989-2019)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 10 (1998)
Calendar Japanese - Heisei era
Value 500 Yen
500 JPY = USD 3.30
Currency Yen (1871-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 7.2 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
13619
References Y# 118,
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# 03-35,
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.
Schön# 97
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano

Obverse

Acrobatic skier and Olympic rings, authority above, value below

Lettering:
日 本 国
五 百 円

Translation:
State of Japan
500 yen

Reverse

Olympic emblem, Rock ptarmigan bird, value and dates

Lettering:
1998
NAGANO
500
YEN
平成10年

Translation: Year 10 of Heisei

Edge

Reeded

500 Yen - Heisei (Acrobatic Skiing) -  obverse

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Mint

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

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
10 (1998)  19 867 000 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 $ 6.30 96%
10 (1998)  Photo 133 000 $ 12 4% Proof

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Yen - Heisei (Acrobatic Skiing)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Yen - Heisei (Acrobatic Skiing)
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 16
Lot 1462
Internet Archive
26 Sep 2020 10 (1998) – Proof UNC USD 16.17
(EUR 15.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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