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1000 Yen - Heisei Wakayama
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 1000 Yen |
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| Obverse lettering | 日 本 国 和歌山県 WAKAYAMA 千 円 (Translation: State of Japan Wakayama prefecture 1000 yen) |
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| Edge | Slanted reeding right |
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Issued as part of Japan's 47 Prefectures Coin Program, a series that ran from 2008 and required the mint to produce multiple distinct commemorative designs annually for nearly a decade. Wakayama's entry in the program highlights the prefecture's role as the heart of the Kii Peninsula's pilgrimage routes, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 — one of very few cultural landscapes to receive that designation in Japan.
The series was sold through Japan Post as well as the mint's own distribution channels, keeping secondary-market premiums relatively modest despite the .999 silver specification.