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1000 Yen - Heisei Asian Winter Games
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Japanese (Kanji) |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a branch bearing four colorized red apples with silver foliage, emblematic of Aomori Prefecture, rendered in vivid enamel coloring against a mirror-polished ground. To the right of the apples appears the colorized official emblem of the 5th Asian Winter Games Aomori 2003, depicted on a white rectangular panel featuring a red comet-like motif above a blue snowflake. The surrounding legend reads THE 5TH WINTER ASIAN GAMES AOMORI 2003 along the upper periphery, while the lower legend reads 1000 YEN and the Japanese regnal date 平成15年 (Year 15 of Heisei), all separated by raised bullet points. |
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The 6th Asian Winter Games were held in Aomori in February 2003 — the first time Japan hosted the event. The commemorative program produced for the occasion was issued under the standard Japanese silver commemorative framework that had been running since the 1964 Olympics, with the Japan Mint handling distribution through a sealed capsule and certificate format that kept most examples from ever touching a pocket.
Mintage for this type was capped by pre-order demand rather than a fixed production ceiling, a practice the Japan Mint had adopted by the early 2000s to avoid the secondary-market gluts that plagued earlier commemorative runs.