100 Yen - Shōwa Olympics

100 Yen - Shōwa (Olympics) - obverse100 Yen - Shōwa (Olympics) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Japan
Emperor Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 47 (1972)
Calendar Japanese - Shōwa era
Value 100 Yen
100 JPY = USD 0.66
Currency Yen (1871-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 12 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 2.45 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
6026
References Y# 84,
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# 03-4,
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.
Schön# 61
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

1972 Winter Olympics, Sapporo

Obverse

Olympic torch and flame

Lettering:
日本国 SAPPORO
百 円

Translation:
State of Japan
100 yen

Reverse

Value over Olympic rings, date below

Lettering:
1972 札幌
✽ 100 ✽
昭和47年

Translation:
1972 Sapporo
✽ 100 ✽
Year 47 of Shōwa

Edge

Reeded

100 Yen - Shōwa (Olympics) -  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
47 (1972)  30 000 000 $ 2.50 $ 2.50 $ 2.50 $ 3.10

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