Japan has started minting coins stamped with the new Imperial Era - Reiwa, which is translated as beautiful harmoney. Japan has a special way of noting the years - by the year of the emperor. The new Emperor Naruhito ascended to the throne on May 1st of this year, which became year one of the Reiwa era.
I haven't seen any of these new coins in my change yet, but I will be looking for them.
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Pamela: Very interesting, Mike still has coins from the late sixties and seventies.
I have to get them out and look at them, he has paper money also.
Catherine
They are nice coins. Thnak you for to explain the new japanese era. I don't know that issue. It is very interesting .
Hi Pamela hope you are ok ,I haven't heard from you and was worried.
This is a very interesting post ,I found foreign money very interesting and very different to us here in Australia xx
That's interesting. We don't have much change to our money over here. President Obama had approved having Harriet Tubman put on the $20 bill, but our racist president put a stop to it. I thought that change was a great idea.
xx, Carol
These are very pretty. I'm glad we don't do that with every administration -- it would cost a mint! I do wish we'd been able to get Harriet Tubman on the $20 before the administration changed. Maybe in another few years...
Coins in other countries are always interesting. Didn't Japan used to have a multi=sided coin (instead of round) that was considered good luck?
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How interesting. I'll have to carefully look at my change the next time I visit!
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