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500 Yen - Heisei Fukui
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 500 Yen |
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| Reverse description | The bimetallic reverse presents the copper-nickel centre bearing a stylised rendering of the kanji characters 地方自治 (local autonomy) arranged in a circular composition reminiscent of a traditional Japanese family crest or mon, with decorative foliate elements framing the characters. The nickel-brass outer ring carries the legend JAPAN 47 PREFECTURES COIN PROGRAM along the upper arc in Latin script, while the denomination 500 YEN and the Japanese era date 平成22年 (Heisei year 22, corresponding to 2010) appear along the lower arc. The series designation (47/60) identifies this coin as the 47th issue in the 60-coin programme. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | Japan Mint |
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This coin is part of Japan's 47 Prefectures Coin Program, launched in 2008 to issue two commemorative 500 yen pieces for each of Japan's 47 prefectures over a five-year run — 94 coins in total. Fukui Prefecture's entry appeared in 2010. The program was the first Japanese circulation commemorative to use clad bimetallic technology at the 500 yen denomination, borrowing production techniques refined after the original 500 yen bicolor coin debuted in 2000 with an array of counterfeit-deterrence features including oblique reeding and latent imagery.
Fukui is one of the least populous prefectures in Japan, which tends to depress collector demand relative to issues honoring major urban prefectures.