100 yen coin
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The 100 yen coin is a denomination of Japanese yen. The current design was first minted in silver in 1959 and saw a change of metal in 1967. It is the second-highest denomination coin in Japan.
on its obverse. It featured English language
writing in addition to Japanese and was also minted in 1958 . In 1959 the present design was introduced as a silver coin .
The reverse of the coin shows the denomination of the coin and the year of issue in kanji below.
History
The first 100 yen coin was issued in 1957 and featured a phoenixPhoenix (mythology)
The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....
on its obverse. It featured English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
writing in addition to Japanese and was also minted in 1958 . In 1959 the present design was introduced as a silver coin .
Design
Comemmoratives
- In 1964 a 100 yen coin was issued to mark the 1964 Olympic Games1964 Summer OlympicsThe 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
in TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. The obverse featured the Olympic torch and Olympic rings while the reverse re-introduced English-language text .
- In 1970 a coin was issued to mark Expo 70 in OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
.
- In 1972 a 100-yen coin marked the 1972 Winter Olympics1972 Winter OlympicsThe 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...
in Sapporo. The Olympic Torch remained on the obverse while the rings moved to the reverse .
- A coin marked Expo 75 in Okinawa .
- In 1976 a 100-yen coin marked the Golden Jubilee of Emperor HirohitoHirohito, posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to...
. A large chrysanthemum, symbolising the Japanese Imperial Family, featured on the reverse .