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500 Yen - Heisei Snowboard
| Issuer | Japan Mint |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a dynamic snowboarder in mid-air, performing an aerial maneuver with board tilted diagonally across the coin. The five interlocked Olympic rings appear to the upper right of the figure. The background field is scattered with six-pointed stars arranged in a decorative pattern, all enclosed within a beaded border. The Japanese legend 日本国 (State of Japan) is distributed at the upper left, upper centre, and upper right, while the denomination 五百円 (500 yen) is rendered in two characters at the lower left and lower right of the design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the official emblem of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics — comprising the five Olympic rings surmounted by a stylised snow flower motif — set against a background of fine horizontal lines in the upper portion of the field. To the right, the year 1998 and the legend NAGANO appear in Latin characters. In the lower right, a ptarmigan (rock grouse, the official bird of Nagano Prefecture) stands in profile facing left. The denomination 500 YEN is inscribed to the lower left in Latin characters, with the Japanese era date 平成9年 (Heisei Year 9) beneath. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 9 (1997) - - 19,867,000 9 (1997) - Proof - 133,000 |
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