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1000 Yen - Heisei Osaka
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central colorized field depicting Osaka Castle in detailed architectural relief to the right, rendered with its characteristic multi-tiered green-roofed pagoda structure rising above a stone foundation, set against a blue sky. To the left foreground stands a colorized Bunraku puppet figure dressed in an elaborate floral-embroidered black kimono with red underlining and an ornate headdress adorned with flowers. The legend '日 本 国' (State of Japan) arcs across the upper field in Kanji characters, with '大阪府' and 'OSAKA' inscribed in the lower right field, and the denomination '千 円' (1000 Yen) along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 日 本 国 大阪府 OSAKA 千 円 (Translation: State of Japan Osaka urban prefecture 1000 Yen) |
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Issued as part of Japan's 47 Prefectures Coin Program, a long-running commemorative series launched in 2008 that produced individual silver 1000-yen pieces honoring each of Japan's prefectures in sequence. Osaka's entry highlights the prefecture's historical role as Japan's commercial center — a city that had functioned as the country's merchant capital since the Edo period, when it was known as "Tenka no Daidokoro," the kitchen of the nation.
The series was limited to domestic sale through Japan Post and specific lottery-style applications, keeping mintages tightly controlled and secondary market premiums consistently high on certain prefectural issues.