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500 Yen - Heisei Aomori
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 500 Yen |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Japanese |
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| Reverse description | Central nickel-brass ring bears the bold Latin legend JAPAN 47 PREFECTURES COIN PROGRAM arcing around the upper periphery, with 500 YEN and the Japanese date 平成 22 年 (Year 22 of the Heisei era) inscribed along the lower arc. The copper-nickel centre depicts a stylized ancient cast Mon coin motif featuring a square central hole surrounded by the kanji characters 地方自治 (local autonomy) arranged in the four cardinal positions, with fine horizontal line detailing within the square, incorporating latent image security technology. A beaded inner border separates the centre from the outer ring. |
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This piece is part of Japan's 47 Prefectures Coin Program, launched in 2008 to issue two commemorative 500 yen coins per prefecture over the course of the series. Aomori Prefecture's entry was released in the program's second phase. The series was a deliberate attempt by the Ministry of Finance to stimulate public interest in coin collecting during a period of declining vending machine and cash transaction volumes.
Aomori sits at the northern tip of Honshu, separated from Hokkaido by the Tsugaru Strait — the same strait the Seikan Tunnel crosses, completed in 1988 as the world's longest undersea rail tunnel at the time.