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1000 Yen - Heisei Earthquake 4
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A colored landscape scene fills the central field, depicting birds in flight above a solitary tree in the middle ground, with rolling hills, clouds, and a pastoral background rendered in a naturalistic style symbolic of renewal and hope. The principal legend appears in hiragana script across the upper register, conveying the message of perseverance, while the regnal year in kanji is inscribed along the lower register flanked by decorative dots. |
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| Reverse lettering | が ん ば ろ う 日 本 • 平 成 27 年 • (Translation: Let`s do our best Japan Year 27 of Heisei) |
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Issued to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Great Hansai Earthquake of January 17, 1995, which killed over 6,400 people and destroyed large portions of Kobe and surrounding Hyōgo Prefecture. The Japanese government's initial response to that disaster was widely criticized as slow and bureaucratically hampered — a failure that directly prompted major reforms to Japan's disaster management framework, including the creation of the Cabinet Office's Crisis Management division.
This is the fourth coin in a multi-issue commemorative series. The .999 fine specification places it among Japan Mint's premium bullion-adjacent commemoratives rather than their standard proof silver issues.