Posts for Japan Category
High Tech: Holographic latent pictures on japan mint tokens

High Tech: Holographic latent pictures on japan mint tokens

Conservation and preservation activities for natural monuments have begun in Japan and 2019 marked their 100th anniversary. The Japan Mint released a BU coin set and a proof coin set, containing special medals with the design of Special Natural Monuments of Japan, to celebrate the anniversary.

A special technology is applied on the silver medal contained in the proof coin set and a kanji character “天”, an initial letter of Natural Monuments in Japanese, appears as a holographic latent image on the obverse side when you shine an LED light (ex: a smartphone torch). This technology...
Japan 500 yen coin 2021 – Circulation bimetallic type

Japan 500 yen coin 2021 – Circulation bimetallic type

On April 9, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced the issuance of three new bills and 500 yen coin. The new coin are...

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