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| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a frontal view of a Shinkansen bullet train nose, depicted in bold relief with characteristic rounded cab window and stylised headlight housing, presented in a symmetrical composition evoking a direct head-on perspective. The commemorative legend 新幹線鉄道開業50年 (50th Anniversary of the Shinkansen Railway Opening) arcs along the upper periphery in Japanese characters, flanked by raised dots. Along the lower periphery, the denomination 100 YEN in Latin characters and the regnal date 平成28年 (Year 28 of Heisei) in Japanese characters are separated by raised dot punctuation. |
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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) |
| Edge | Slanted reeding |
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