10 Yen - Shōwa

Features

Issuer	Japan
Emperor	Shōwa (1926-1989)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	25-26 (1950-1951)
Calendar	Japanese - Shōwa era
Value	10 Yen 10 JPY = USD 0.06
Currency	Yen (1871-date)
Composition	Mosiądz niklowy (Cu 55%~60% / Zn 22%~29% / Ni 16%~18%)
Weight	2.79 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Okrągły z okrągłym otworem
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	Never issued
Number	N# 285819
References	KM# Pn83, Pn85 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

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Lettering:
日本國
昭和二十六年

Reverse

Lettering:
十
円

Comments

"Pierwsze monety o nominale 10 jenów wyprodukowane po II wojnie światowej zostały zatwierdzone przez premiera Shigeru Yoshidę 2 marca 1950 roku. Monety te miały być wykonane z niemieckiego srebra i działać jako "tymczasowe monety pomocnicze". Do końca tego roku wybito łącznie 432 970 000 monet dziesięciojenowych z tego nowego stopu. Do końca 1951 roku wybito prawie 800 milionów tych monet, które czekały na dystrybucję. Żadna z niemieckich srebrnych monet wybitych w latach 1950-1951 nigdy nie trafiła do obiegu, ponieważ ostatecznie zostały one stopione. Decyzja o stopieniu monet zapadła w momencie, gdy wojna koreańska spowodowała wzrost cen niklu do około 4,1 miliona jenów za tonę".

Źródło: Wikipedia Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

"The first ten yen coins made after World War II were authorized by law on March 2, 1950 by prime minister Shigeru Yoshida. These coins were to be made of German Silver, and act as "temporary subsidiary coins". A total of 432,970,000 ten yen coins minted in this new alloy were recorded as struck by the end of that year. By the end of 1951 almost 800 million of these coins had been minted and were waiting to be distributed. None of the German silver coins minted between 1950 and 1951 ever circulated as the coins were eventually melted. The decision to melt the coins came as the Korean War had driven nickel prices to about 4.1 million yen per ton."

Source: Wikipedia

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Date	Mintage	UNC
Undetermined
25 (1950)	432 970 000	$ 2500	(en) KM#P83; 昭和二十五年
26 (1951)	313 430 000	$ 2100	(en) KM#P85; 昭和二十六年

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Auction World Auction 21 Lot 88	18 Jul 2020	25 (1950) – (en) KM#P83; 昭和二十五年	UNC (PCGS SP62)	USD 1870.98 (JPY 300 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Auction World Auction 10 Lot 196	13 Oct 2017	25 (1950) – (en) KM#P83; 昭和二十五年	UNC (PCGS MS64)	USD 1621.52 (JPY 260 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Auction World Auction 16 Lot 253	20 Apr 2019	26 (1951) – (en) KM#P85; 昭和二十六年	UNC (PCGS SP63)	USD 1496.79 (JPY 240 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Auction World Auction 15 Lot 285	19 Jan 2019	26 (1951) – (en) KM#P85; 昭和二十六年	UNC (NGC MS61)	USD 1496.79 (JPY 240 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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