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1 Bu

1736

Gold (.653) (34.7% silver)

1 Bu

1819

Gold (.560) (44% silver)

1 Bu

1837

Silver (.991)

1 Bu

1837

Gold (.568) (43.2% silver)

1 Bu

1859

Silver (.873)

1 Bu

1860

Gold (.574) (42.6% silver)

1 Bu

1868

Silver (.807)

1 Bu

Gold (.843)

1 Bu

Silver (.900) (10% Zinc)

1 Bu

Gold (.570) (43% silver)

1 Bu = ¼ Ryo

Silver

1 Bu = ¼ Ryō

Gold2 var.

1 Bu = ¼ Ryō

Silver3 var.

1 Cash

833

Copper

1 Cash

Gold

1 Cash

Silver

1 Mil

Copper

1 Mon

708–1741

Copper34 var.

1 Mon

765–1573

Bronze2 var.

1 Mon

1737–1784

Iron8 var.

1 Mon

Gold6 var.

1 Mon

Tin

1 Mon

Silver7 var.

1 Mon

Silver (Silver alloy)

1 Mon

Copper (Copper alloy)5 var.

1 Mon

Copper (alloy)

1 Monme

1868

Wood

1 Rin

1873

Bronze

1 Rin

Copper2 var.

1 Ryō

1578

Gold3 var.

1 Ryō

1601

Gold (.857) (14.3% Silver)2 var.

1 Ryō

1695

Gold (.564) (43.6% silver)

1 Ryō

1710

Gold (.834) (16.6% silver)

1 Ryō

1714

Gold (.861) (13.9% silver)

1 Ryō

1714

Gold (.861) (13.9% Silver)

1 Ryō

1736

Gold (.653) (34.7% silver)

1 Ryō

1819

Gold (.559) (44.1% silver)2 var.

1 Ryō

1837

Gold (.568) (43.2% silver)

1 Ryō

1860

Gold (.574) (42.6% silver)

1 Ryō

Gold (.570) (43% silver)

1 Ryō

Gold (.843)

1 Ryō = 4 Bu

Silver

1 Sen

1873

Copper3 var.

1 Sen

1898–1927

Bronze5 var.

1 Sen

1912

Brass

1 Sen

1926

Brass (laquered)

1 Sen

1931

Aluminium (lacquered)

1 Sen

1931

Brass (lacquered)

1 Sen

1938–1941

Aluminium3 var.

1 Sen

1944

Tin-zinc

1 Sen

Porcelain (white)2 var.

1 Sen

Porcelain (red)

1 Sen

Silver

1 Sen

Porcelain (red or brown)

1 Sen

Porcelain

1 Shu

1824

Gold (.123) (87.7% silver)

1 Shu

1853–1854

Silver (.968)2 var.

1 Shu

1868

Silver (.880)

1 Trade Dollar

1875

Silver (.900) (10% copper)2 var.

1 Trade Dollar

Silver

1 yen

1955

Al

1 Yen

1874–1887

Silver (.900) (10% copper)4 var.

1 Yen

1874

Gold (.900) (10% copper)2 var.

1 Yen

1931–1948

Brass2 var.

1 Yen

1955–2019

Aluminium (100% Aluminium)3 var.

1 Yen

Silver3 var.

1 Yen

Silver (.900)

1 Yen

1,000 yen

2006–2021

Silver67 var.

1,000 yen

2007–2017

2 var.

1⁄16 Ryō

1829

Silver (.989)

10 000 Yen

2019

Gold (.999)20 var.

10 000 Yen

22 var.

10 000 Yen

Silver (.999)

10 000 Yen

Gold (.9999)

10 000 Yen

Gold‑deposited polymer

10 Mon

1708

Copper

10 Mon

Copper (Copper alloy)2 var.

10 Monme

Platinum (.9999)

10 Sen

1873

Silver (.800)2 var.

10 Sen

1907–1918

Silver (.720)3 var.

10 Sen

1912

Brass

10 Sen

1920–1927

Copper-nickel2 var.

10 Sen

1926

Brass (laquered)

10 Sen

1931

Brass (lacquered)

10 Sen

1931

Aluminium (lacquered)

10 Sen

1933

Nickel

10 Sen

1938

Aluminium bronze

10 Sen

1940–1945

Aluminium2 var.

10 Sen

Porcelain (white)2 var.

10 Sen

Tin-zinc

10 Sen

Porcelain (red)2 var.

10 yen

1951

Bronze (95% Cu, 3.5% Zn, 1.5% Sn)

10 Yen

1871–1897

Gold (.900) (10% copper)2 var.

10 Yen

1950

Nickel brass (Cu 55%~60% / Zn 22%~29% / Ni 16%~18%)

10 Yen

1951

Bronze

10 Yen

1959–2019

Bronze (95% Copper, 4-3% Zinc, 1-2% Tin)2 var.

10 Yen

1959

<a href="/catalogue/material.php?id=5">Bronze</a> (95% Copper, 4-3% Zinc, 1-2% Tin)

10 Yen

1989

Bronze (95% Copper, 3-4% Zinc, 1-2% Tin)

10 Yen

2 var.

10 Yen

Nickel2 var.

10 Yen

Gold (.916)

10 Yen

Silver

10,000 yen

2009–2021

Gold9 var.

10,000 yen

2015

Silver

100 000 Yen

1986

Gold (.999)2 var.

100 Mon

1835

Bronze (Cu 78%, Pb 12%, Sn 10%)

100 Mon

1863

Copper4 var.

100 Mon

Iron

100 Mon

Lead

100 Mon

Copper (Copper alloy)

100 Mon

Copper clad lead

100 yen

2016–2020

Copper–Nickel (CuNi)10 var.

100 Yen

1957

Silver (.600) (60% Silver, 30% Copper and 10% Zinc.)

100 Yen

1959

Silver (.600) (60% Silver, 30% Copper, 10% Zinc)

100 Yen

1967–2019

Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)7 var.

100 Yen

2019

Copper-nickel clad copper (Cu 87.5%, Ni 12.5%)12 var.

100 Yen

Copper-nickel clad copper17 var.

100 Yen

Silver (.600) (Copper .300, Zinc 0.100)

1000 Yen

2019–2024

Silver (.999)94 var.

1000 Yen

Silver (.925) (Copper .075)2 var.

1000 Yen

Silver plated copper-nickel

2 Bu

1818

Gold (.563) (43.7% silver)

2 Bu

1828

Gold (.490) (51% silver)

2 Bu

1856

Gold (.209) (79.1% silver)

2 Bu

1860

Gold (.229) (77.1% silver)

2 Bu

1868

Gold (.223) (77.7% silver)

2 Bu = ½ Ryō

Silver

2 Monme = ¼ Ryo

Silver (.985)

2 Rin

Copper

2 Sen

1873

Bronze

2 Sen

1912

Brass

2 Shu

1832

Gold (.298) (70.2% silver)

2 Shu

1860

Gold (.229) (77.1% silver)

2 Shu

Silver (.845)

2 Shu = ⅛ Ryō

Gold2 var.

2 Yen

1874

Gold (.900) (10% copper)2 var.

20 Sen

1870–1906

Silver (.800)3 var.

20 Sen

1912

Brass

20 Sen

1918

Silver (.720)2 var.

20 Yen

1870–1897

Gold (.900) (10% copper)2 var.

20 Yen

1912–1930

Gold (.900)2 var.

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