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 39 (1964)
Calendar Japanese - Shōwa era
Value 100 Yen
100 JPY = USD 0.66
Currency Yen (1871-date)
Composition Silver (.600) (Copper .300, Zinc 0.100)
Weight 4.8 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
9584
References Y# 79,
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# 03-2,
Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (editor); 2023. 日本貨幣カタログ = The Catalog of Japanese Currency. Self-published, Tokyo, Japan.
Schön# 56
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

1964 Summer Olympics, Tokyo

Obverse

Olympic rings in front of the torch, authority above, value below

Lettering:
日 本 国
 百 円

Translation:
State of Japan
100 yen

Reverse

Big value on circle with text above and below

Lettering:
TOKYO 1964
100
昭 和 39 年

Translation:
Tokyo 1964
100
Year 39 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
39 (1964)  Photo 80 000 000 $ 3.40 $ 3.40 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.40

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 100 Yen - Shōwa (Olympics)
Katz
Auction 57
Lot 155
Internet Archive
19 Mar 2022 UNC USD 7.59
(EUR 7.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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