Part of Japan Mint's 47 Prefectures Coin Program, which ran from 2008 to 2016 and produced a dedicated commemorative for each of Japan's administrative prefectures. Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo in the Kantō region, was among the mid-series releases of 2012. The program was deliberately sequenced to follow the order in which prefectures appear in Japan's official administrative code — not geography, not population, not historical significance.
Mintage for each issue in the series was capped at 100,000 pieces.
Part of Japan Mint's 47 Prefectures Coin Program, which ran from 2008 to 2016 and produced a dedicated commemorative for each of Japan's administrative prefectures. Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo in the Kantō region, was among the mid-series releases of 2012. The program was deliberately sequenced to follow the order in which prefectures appear in Japan's official administrative code — not geography, not population, not historical significance.
Mintage for each issue in the series was capped at 100,000 pieces.