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United States
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Brazil
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 United States
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Yep  Depending on the date there are 3 types of these coins. They started mintage in 1959 and have kept the same design so far |
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Australia
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The coin on the right is a Heisei 9 which puts it to 1997.
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United Kingdom
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Wath's the ribbon for? I also have a 5 yan coin with a hole, but no ribbon.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Was the ribbon from the mint? Or put on after. I have 10 or 12, they all have the same ribbon and tied the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mikep- it is doubtful that the ribbons were put on at the mint unless it was some sort of promotion. There has been a long tradition of using lower demonination coins which have a hole in the center, such as older cash coins, for decorative purposes.
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Australia
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It's nothing more than decoration sold to tourists. Or there might be some kind of promotion such as aids awareness or whatever it can be.
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 Australia
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I googled "5 yen" tied ribbon. Apparently there's a good luck ritual: toss a bunch of coins with ribbons tied to them to the crowd. If you catch one, you'll be lucky.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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That explains why I've been finding so many nice coins from circulation. Good luck for once!
Thanks
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United States
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mikep- it is always nice when your coins grant you luck!
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United States
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toss one in my direction, I'll catch it!,  but seriously, I think I might have a 5 yen in my collection! Now I know what it is! I figured it was a japenease or at least chinease coin Edited by Dillon
06/27/2008 11:49 pm
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Posted 06/23/2008 1:17 pm
