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Japan 1945 10-sen |
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As I've previously discussed, it is useful for a world coin collector to be able to read numbers and dates in different languages. This allows you to determine the proper date and denomination of a coin. That information, along with the coin's country, is the minimum you'd need to look up the coin in a guide, check if it's in your collection, or trade with another collector.The Chinese Numerals
Japanese is one such language which doesn't use Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2...). Japanese uses a number-writing system that is shared with the Chinese language, and is generally referred to as the Chinese numerals. The symbols used to represent 0 through 10 are pictured below, with their European/Arabic equivalent:
Japanese numbers 0 through 10 |
There are additional Japanese symbols for larger multiples of 10:
100: 百
1000: 千
The Japanese number-writing system is known as a non-positional numeral system because individual symbols don't identify their value strictly based on their position in the number. For example, 40 (四十, 4 10), 400 (四百, 4 100), and 4000 (四千, 4 1000) all use exactly 2 symbols in Japanese (while the Arabic numbers 40, 400, and 4000 use 2, 3, and 4 respectively). The position of a symbol doesn't define its value; its effect on or by its neighbors does.
More examples of Japanese numbers:
32: 三十二
44: 四十四
78: 七十八
99: 九十九
Japanese Dates
In the late 1800s, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar, but with a starting date (a 'year zero') that corresponded to the Gregorian calendar's year 660 BC, making Japan's year values larger than the year used by other countries (i.e. 1920 A.D. = 2580 Japan). This practice largely stopped after World War 2, and for most purposes Japan uses the same year as America would use.
Modern Japanese coins, however, use the Japanese era calendar to indicate when a coin was minted. An era starts counting years at 1 with each new Japanese emperor. The date is indicated by the emperor's era name (using its Kanji symbols) followed by the year of the emperor's reign. For example, 1989 was the first year for the current Heisei era (under Emperor Kinjo, or Akihito), so coins minted that year would contain the symbol for the Heisei era (平成) and the symbol for 1 (一).
Japan's era name examples |
- 明治 (Meiji) 1867 - 1912
- 大正 (Taisho) 1912 - 1926
- 昭和 (Showa) 1926 - 1989
- 平成 (Heisei) 1989 - present
On Japanese coins, the date is usually read clockwise (right-to-left). It begins with the symbols for the era name (see the list above), followed by the era year, and ends with the symbol for year (年). While most coins are read right-to-left, some need to be read left-to-right (counter-clockwise). The symbol for year (年) is always at the end of the date, so if you see it at the left-hand end of a number, read it from right-to-left; if you see it at the right-hand end, read it left-to-right.
Examples from actual Japanese coins:
Left to right: 1921 10-sen, 1942 10-sen, 1995 5-yen, 1974 10-yen |
- Taisho year 10 - read clockwise
- Showa year 17 (10 + 7) - read clockwise
- Heisei year 7 - read counter-clockwise
- Showa year 49 (4 * 10 + 9) - read left-to-right
Showa year 48 100-yen Japanese coin |
Calculating the Gregorian Date
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Once you know the era name and year, you can calculate the Gregorian year using the era table above. Take the era's starting year, add the era year, and subtract 1. For example, Heisei year 3 would correspond to 1991 (year 1 is 1989, year 2 is 1990, and year 3 is 1991). Here are the dates for the coins pictured above:
- Taisho year 10 = 1912 + 10 -1 = 1921
- Showa year 17 = 1926 + 17 - 1 = 1942
- Heisei year 7 = 1989 + 7 - 1 = 1995
- Showa year 49 = 1926 + 49 - 1 = 1974
- Showa year 48 = 1926 + 48 - 1 = 1973
Taiwan 1972 1-yuan (year 61) |
Comparison to Taiwan Coins
Coins from Taiwan use the same number symbols as Japanese coins, so it is easy to mistake them for each other. In the coin pictured here, the year reads 6 10 1 (61, in yellow highlighting) reading counter-clockwise and ending with the year symbol (年). Taiwan coins will of course not have one of the 4 Japanese emperor era names listed above, and frequently have the flower symbol shown here.
ONLINE COINS CATALOG |
Japanese Yen (円)=100 sen
Emperor Hirohito
Shōwa period - 昭和 (1926-1989)
100 yen 1957-1958
100 yen 1957
(1957, 1958)
silver 0.600
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
YEAR 32 SHŌWA / sun in sakura cartouche / 100 YEN
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / phoenix / 100 YEN
KM#77
Coin value - $4-5
100 yen 1959-1966
100 yen 1959
(1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
silver 0.600
Diameter 22.5 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
SHŌWA / 100 / 34 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / sheaf of rice / 100 YEN
KM#78
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100 yen 1967-1988
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(1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
copper-nickel
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
100 / SHŌWA 63 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / blooming sakura / 100 YEN
KM#82
Coin value - $1-2
100 yen 1964 Summer Olympic Games
100 yen 1964
silver 0.600
Diameter 22.5 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
commemorative coin
Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo
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GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / Olympic torch and rings / 100 YEN
KM#79
Coin value - $4-5
100 yen 1970 EXPO
100 yen 1970
copper-nickel
Diameter 28.0 mm. Weight 9.0 g. Edge milled
commemorative coin
EXPO 1970 in Osaka
100YEN / expo emblem / EXPO70 / SHŌWA 45 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / mount Fuji with clouds / 100 YEN
KM#83
Coin value - $3-4
100 yen 1972 Winter Olympic Games
100 yen 1972
copper-nickel
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 12.0 g. Edge milled
commemorative coin
Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo
1972 SAPPORO / 100 / SHŌWA 47 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN SAPPORO / Olympic torch / 100 YEN
KM#84
Coin value - $3-4
100 yen 1975 EXPO
100 yen 1975
copper-nickel
Diameter 22.5 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
commemorative coin
EXPO 1975 in Okinawa
EXPO75 OKINAWA / 100 / SHŌWA 50 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / Shureimon gate on the waves / 100 YEN
KM#85
Coin value - $2-3
100 yen 1976 50th Anniversary of Reign
100 yen 1976
copper-nickel
Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 12.0 g. Edge milled
commemorative coin
50th Anniversary of Reign
FIFTY YEARS / 100 YEN / Imperial Seal of Japan flanked by phoenixes / SHŌWA 51 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / Ishibashi bridge and Imperial Palace / 100 YEN
KM#86
Coin value - $3-4
Emperor Akihito
Heisei period -平成 (from 1989)
100 yen 1989
100 yen 1989
copper-nickel
Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
100 / HEISEI FIRST YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / blooming sakura / 100 YEN
KM#98.1
Coin value - $4-8
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100 yen 1990 and later
100 yen 2014 (1990-)
copper-nickel
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Diameter 22.6 mm. Weight 4.8 g. Edge milled
circulation coinage
100 / HEISEI 26 YEAR
GREAT JAPAN (NIPPON GINKO) / blooming sakura / 100 YEN
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KM#98.2