1 Yen - Showa 39 - What's It Made Of?

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kitty7krazy New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 3:51 pm I'm in possesion of a Showa 39 (1964) 1 Yen coin, and I am an ameteur coin collecter so I don't know how to tell what a coin's made of. I've been searching the internets for a while, but I haven't been able to find this little bit of info. Thank you ^^~ Report this Post to the Staff

bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 4:13 pm Your coin has been struck in aluminium. The 1 yen coin has been struck in aluminum since Showa 30 (1955). This type (KM#74) has been issued until the dead of emperor Hirohito in 1989 (Showa 64). The same type has been resumed under his son and successor emperor Akihito until today (KM#95.1 Heisei "first"-1989- and KM#95.2 Heisei 2 until today). Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/20/2008 11:24 am What's special is that it's made to be exactly 1.0gram. Many children in Japanese school still use 1 yen coins as an excellent way of weight comparsion. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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