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NEWP 10K Yen Nagano winter Olympics

theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
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Just got this addition to my 10000 yen set. Y# 116 Proof 15.6gms Gold Ski Jumper, Still in it's original box and holographic plastic housing. Makes it hard to get a perfect picture.

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Thanks Stork for the lead.
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  • NumismaticsNumismatics Posts: 1,092
    GOLD COIN

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  • Spiffy469Spiffy469 Posts: 661 ✭✭
    Awesome lookin coin

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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    That is gorgeous!!! image
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  • WhiteTornadoWhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    another gem for your fine collection image
  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oooooo...I'm glad you got that--the price was too good! And now I won't be tempted!!


    Cathy

  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    ZOWIE!!!image
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Very nice piece!
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Oooooo...I'm glad you got that--the price was too good! And now I won't be tempted!!


    Cathy >>



    Cathy I will save it for youimage
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That is really cool.

    It is interesting that this coin is dated 1998 when Heisei 9 is 1997.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I know that Heisei one did not begin until January 8, 1989. Perhaps these coins were minted in the first week of 1998, when it was still Heisei 9? I am just guessing. Does anyone know what the deal is here? Did Heisei 2 begin on January 8 or January 1?
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭
    The "1998" is not the coin's date, but rather the designation of the Nagano Olympic Games.

    The Ski Jumper (Y#116) along with silver Ice Hockey ¥5000 (Y#115) and cu-ni Snowboarder ¥500 (Y#114) coins issued as a boxed set as well as individually, were the first coins commemorating the Nagano Olympic Games of 1998. They, and a second set of the same three denominations, were dated, and issued in, Heisei 9 (1997). In 1998 still another set was issued, properly dated Heisei 10.

    There were 33,000 proof sets, 100,000 individual proofs, and 4-million+ business strikes.

    The same sequence of two sets the year before, and one set in the year of, has been followed by the Japan Mint Bureau in connection with other international sporting events .

    Except for "changeover" years, in which one Emperor dies and another ascends the throne, the modern Japanese year commences on January 1, and ends on December 31. 1989, the last changeover year, started as Showa 64, and ended as Heisei Gan. (The first year of each tenno, or calendar era, is designated by the ordinal gan ("first") instead of the cardinal ichi ("one"). All other years are designated by their cardinal numbers.
    Roy


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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the clarification!


    The word for "era" in this case is "nengo." "Tenno" is "emperor."
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i>Thanks for the clarification!


    The word for "era" in this case is "nengo." "Tenno" is "emperor." >>

    When you're right, you're right.image
    Roy


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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Is your emoticon eating a hat?
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭
    It's supposed to be a foot in the mouth.image
    Roy


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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    OK, I see.

    Coins with two dates mess with my mind. Even the state quarters strike me as odd for that reason.
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