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| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel clad copper |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a bold front-facing depiction of a Shinkansen bullet train nose, rendered in stylised low relief with a large circular headlight dominating the face and two smaller oval marker lights flanking it, set above a chevron-shaped lower fascia. Encircling the upper periphery is the commemorative legend 新幹線鉄道開業50年 (50th Anniversary of the Shinkansen Railway Opening) in Kanji, flanked by raised dot separators. Along the lower periphery, the denomination 100 YEN in Latin characters appears at left, and the reign-date inscription 平成28年 (Year 28 of Heisei) in Kanji appears at right, each separated by a raised dot. |
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| Reverse lettering | · 新幹線鉄道開業50年 · 100 YEN · 平成28年 (Translation: · 50th Anniversary of the Shinkansen · 100 Yen · Year 28 of Heisei) |
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| Mintage | 28 (2016) - - 2,996,000 |
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