500 Yen - Shōwa

Features

Issuer	Japan
Emperor	Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	57-64 (1982-1989)
Calendar	Japanese - Shōwa era
Value	500 Yen 500 JPY = USD 3.52
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	7.2 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	1.85 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 3504
References	Y# 87 Whitman Publishing (publisher). A Catalog of Modern World Coins. Whitman Publishing (3 volumes). , JNDA# 02-1 Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (publisher). 日本貨幣カタログ. Japan Numismatic Dealers Association, Tokyo, Japan (37 volumes). , Schön# 64 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

Paulownia plant with authority above and value below

Lettering:
日本国
五百円

Translation:
State of Japan
500 yen

Reverse

Big value flanked by mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulata), bamboo leaves above and below

Lettering:
500
昭和五十七年

Translation: Year 57 of Shōwa

Edge

Smooth with incused text

Script: Latin

Lettering: ＮＩＰＰＯＮ ◆ ５００ ◆ ＮＩＰＰＯＮ ◆ ５００ ◆

Translation: Japan ◆ 500 ◆ Japan ◆ 500 ◆

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
57 (1982)	300 000 000		$ 4.60	$ 4.60	$ 4.60	$ 5.70	昭和五十七年	36%
58 (1983)	240 000 000		$ 4.60	$ 4.60	$ 7.10	$ 9.10	昭和五十八年	24%
59 (1984)	342 850 000	$ 3.80	$ 3.80	$ 3.80	$ 3.80	$ 4.20	昭和五十九年	34%
60 (1985)	97 150 000		$ 4.20	$ 4.20			昭和六十年	12%
61 (1986)	49 960 000			$ 5.70	$ 6.10	$ 6.70	昭和六十一年	6%
62 (1987)	2 545 000						昭和六十二年	3%
62 (1987)	230 000						昭和六十二年 ; Proof	0.8%
63 (1988)	140 018 000			$ 4.80	$ 5.10	$ 6.00	昭和六十三年	13%
63 (1988)	200 000						昭和六十三年 ; Proof	0.5%
64 (1989)	16 042 000						昭和六十四年	4%

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