500 Yen - Heisei

Features

Issuer	Japan
Emperor	Heisei (1989-2019)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1-11 (1989-1999)
Calendar	Japanese - Heisei era
Value	500 Yen 500 JPY = USD 3.13
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Miedzionikiel
Weight	7.2 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	1.85 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 9586
References	Y# 99 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes). , JNDA# 02-1 Japan Numismatic Dealers Association (publisher). 日本貨幣カタログ. Japan Numismatic Dealers Association, Tokyo, Japan (37 volumes). , Schön# 77 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Roślina Paulownia z autorytetem powyżej i wartością poniżej Automatically translated

Script: chiński

Lettering:
日本国
五百円

Reverse

Duża wartość liczbowa pośrodku, otoczona przez
pomarańcze Tachibana (Citrus reticulata tachibana), bambus na górze i data poniżej. Automatically translated

Script: chiński

Lettering:
500
平成四年

Edge

Gładki z tekstem Automatically translated

Lettering: ＮＩＰＰＯＮ ◆ ５００ ◆ ＮＩＰＰＯＮ ◆ ５００ ◆

Mint

Japan Mint (独立行政法人造幣局 / Dokuritsu Gyōsei Hōjin Zōheikyoku), Japan

Comments

Począwszy od późnych lat dziewięćdziesiątych, do Japonii sprowadzano duże ilości zmanipulowanych koreańskich monet o nominale 500 wonów. Były one wykonane z tego samego materiału, miały taką samą średnicę, a teraz także taką samą wagę jak monety 500 jenów. Używano ich w automatach do sprzedaży, aby uzyskać prawdziwe monety 500 jenów za pomocą mechanizmu zwrotu (monety won miały tylko 1/10 ich wartości).
Doprowadziło to do zaprzestania produkcji monet 500 jenów i wprowadzenia nowej wersji ze zmodyfikowanym stopem i wzorem zapobiegającym fałszerstwom w 2000 roku.
Minęło jednak jeszcze kilka lat, zanim tylko nowe monety były akceptowane przez wszystkie automaty. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Starting in the late 1990s, large quantities of manipulated Korean 500 won coins were brought into Japan. These were made of the same material, had the same diameter and now also the same weight as the 500 yen coins. They were used at vending machines to obtain genuine 500 yen coins through the refund mechanism (the won coins had only 1/10 their value).
This led to the discontinuation of the production of 500 yen coins and a new version with modified alloy and anti-counterfeit designs in 2000.
However, it took a few more years before only the new coins were accepted by all vending machines.

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1 (1989)	192 652 000	$ 3.10	$ 4.40	$ 4.40	$ 4.40	Y# 99.1 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成元年; 元 for 'first'	24%
1 (1989)	200 000					Y# 99.1 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成元年; 元 for 'first'; Proof	0.7%
2 (1990)	159 753 000	$ 4.10	$ 5.40	$ 5.40	$ 5.40	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成二年	19%
2 (1990)	200 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成二年; Proof	0.9%
3 (1991)	169 900 000	$ 4.30	$ 4.30	$ 5.90	$ 14	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成三年	16%
3 (1991)	220 000				$ 8.00	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成三年; Proof	1.0%
4 (1992)	87 880 000	$ 4.20			$ 4.50	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成四年	9%
4 (1992)	250 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成四年; Proof	1.0%
5 (1993)	131 990 000		$ 5.40	$ 5.40	$ 5.40	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成五年	13%
5 (1993)	250 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成五年; Proof	1.3%
6 (1994)	105 545 000		$ 4.10	$ 4.10	$ 4.10	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成六年	10%
6 (1994)	227 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成六年; Proof	0.9%
7 (1995)	182 669 000		$ 4.40	$ 4.40	$ 4.40	Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成七年	11%
7 (1995)	200 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成七年; Proof	0.9%
8 (1996)	99 024 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成八年	7%
8 (1996)	189 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成八年; Proof	0.5%
9 (1997)	172 878 000		$ 4.10	$ 4.70		Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成九年	11%
9 (1997)	212 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成九年; Proof	0.8%
10 (1998)	214 408 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成十年	9%
10 (1998)	200 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成十年; Proof	0.4%
11 (1999)	164 840 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成十一年	8%
11 (1999)	280 000					Y# 99.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).	(en) 平成十一年; Proof	1.8%

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