Japan Coins
Welcome to Japan coin catalog collection, organized by the standard notation of the World Coin Catalog (#KM). Here, you will find detailed information and values for each coin, including its year of production, material, and current market value. To make your search even easier, you can filter by coin name in the top field. Discover the rich history and unique characteristics of 's coins and add to your collection today.
1 mon (Kan'ei)
KM#1.1C
Material: Copper
Years: 1636
Coin value: 3,39$ - 8,17$
1 mon (Bun Edo)
KM#1.2C
Material: Copper
Years: 1668
4 mon (Kan'ei)
KM#4C
Material: Copper
Years: 1861
100 mon (Tenpo Suho)
KM#7C
Material: Bronze
Years: 1835
2 yen (圓 二 - Meiji era. Mutsuhito)
KM#10y
Material: Gold
Years: 1870
20 yen ( 圓 十 二 - Meiji era. Mutsuhito)
KM#13y
Material: Gold
Years: 1870, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1892
1/2 sen
KM#16.2
Material: Copper
Years: 1885
1 sen
KM#17.1
Material: Copper
Years: 1875, 1877, 1873, 1874, 1876
1 sen
KM#17.2
Material: Copper
Years: 1885, 1886
2 sen
KM#18.2
Material: Copper
Years: 1880, 1877, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1892
5 sen
KM#19
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1889
20 sen
KM#24
Material: Silver
Years: 1873
1 yen (Mutsuhito-Meiji Type I)
KM#25.2A
Material: Silver
Years: 1874, 1875, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887
1 yen (Mutsuhito-Meiji Type II)
KM#25.3A
Material: Silver
Years: 1895, 1888, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1912
10 sen (Mutsuhito-Meiji)
KM#29
Material: Silver
Years: 1911, 1912, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910
20 yen (二 十 圓 Meiji era. Mutsuhito)
KM#34y
Material: Gold
Years: 1897, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912
1 sen (Yosihihito-Taisho)
KM#35
Material: Bronze
Years: 1915
1 sen (Yosihihito-Taisho)
KM#42
Material: Bronze
Years: 1922, 1918, 1923, 1921, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924
Coin value: 0,80$ - 2,00$
5 sen (Yoshihito-Taisho)
KM#43
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
5 sen (Yoshihito-Taisho)
KM#44
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1922, 1923, 1921, 1920
10 sen (Yoshihito-Taisho)
KM#45
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1922, 1925, 1923, 1920, 1921, 1926
50 sen (Yoshihito-Taisho)
KM#46
Material: Silver
Years: 1923, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926
1 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#47
Material: Bronze
Years: 1936, 1938, 1934, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937
Coin value: 0,72$ - 5,00$
10 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#49
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932
10 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#54
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1936, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937
1 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#55
Material: Bronze
Years: 1938
1 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#56
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1939, 1940
Coin value: 0,43$ - 0,46$
5 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#57
Material: Aluminium-bronze
Years: 1938, 1939, 1940
10 sen (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#58
Material: Aluminium-bronze
Years: 1939, 1940, 1938
1 sen
KM#59
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1941, 1942, 1943
Coin value: 0,43$ - 0,50$
1 sen
KM#59a
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1943
5 sen
KM#60
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1940, 1941
5 sen
KM#60a
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1942, 1941
5 sen
KM#60b
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1963
10 sen
KM#61.1
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1940, 1941
Coin value: 0,48$ - 0,73$
10 sen
KM#61.2
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1941, 1942, 1943
10 sen
KM#61.3
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1943
1 sen
KM#62
Material: Stano-zinc
Years: 1944, 1945
Coin value: 0,18$ - 1,00$
5 sen
KM#63
Material:
Years: 1944
10 sen
KM#64
Material: Stano-zinc
Years: 1944
5 sen
KM#65
Material: Stano-zinc
Years: 1945, 1946
50 sen
KM#67
Material: Brass
Years: 1946
10 sen
KM#68
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1945, 1946
50 sen
KM#69
Material: Brass
Years: 1947, 1948
1 yen
KM#70
Material: Brass
Years: 1950, 1948, 1949
Coin value: 0,60$ - 0,64$
5 yenes
KM#71
Material: Brass
Years: 1948, 1949
Coin value: 0,43$ - 1,01$
5 yenes (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#72
Material: Brass
Years: 1949, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958
Coin value: 0,29$ - 7,49$
5 yenes (Hirohito-Showa)
KM#72a
Material: Brass
Years: 1959, 1974, 1989, 1982, 1972, 1984, 1960, 1973, 1964, 1975, 1988, 1970, 1971, 1985, 1987, 1983, 1963, 1966, 1981, 1969, 1976, 1965, 1979, 1978, 1986, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1977, 1980
Coin value: 0,05$ - 7,40$
10 yenes
KM#73
Material: Bronze
Years: 1951, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1954, 1952, 1957
Coin value: 0,19$ - 15,00$
10 yenes
KM#73a
Material: Bronze
Years: 1959, 1984, 1989, 1973, 1981, 1969, 1982, 1974, 1976, 1967, 1975, 1963, 1978, 1964, 1970, 1961, 1971, 1983, 1977, 1979, 1987, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1962, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1966, 1968, 1986
Coin value: 0,09$ - 13,83$
1 yen
KM#74
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1955, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1988, 1972, 1987, 1985, 1961, 1974, 1983, 1981, 1980, 1964, 1982, 1977, 1978, 1957, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1970, 1979, 1976, 1962, 1960, 1986, 1984, 1956, 1969, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1989
Coin value: 0,04$ - 5,82$
50 yenes
KM#75
Material: Nickel
Years: 1955, 1957, 1956
Coin value: 0,45$ - 2,90$
50 yenes (Showa)
KM#76
Material: Nickel
Years: 1959, 1964, 1965, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
Coin value: 0,81$ - 3,00$
100 yenes (Showa)
KM#77
Material: Silver
Years: 1957, 1958
100 yenes (Showa)
KM#78
Material: Silver
Years: 1959, 1965, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1964
Coin value: 0,98$ - 2,95$
100 yenes (XVIII Olympiad Tokyo-64)
KM#79
Material: Silver
Years: 1964
Coin value: 5,29$ - 9,46$
1.000 yenes (XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo-64)
KM#80
Material: Silver
Years: 1964
50 yenes (Showa)
KM#81
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1967, 1988, 1969, 1981, 1977, 1970, 1975, 1974, 1976, 1987, 1984, 1972, 1978, 1985, 1968, 1986, 1973, 1979, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1980
Coin value: 0,42$ - 2,90$
100 yenes (Showa)
KM#82
Material:
Years: 1970, 1988, 1987, 1978, 1969, 1974, 1968, 1982, 1979, 1973, 1975, 1971, 1967, 1984, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1980
Coin value: 0,23$ - 6,23$
100 yenes (Expo 70-Osaka)
KM#83
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1970
100 yenes (XI Olympic Games-Sapporo 1972)
KM#84
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1972
100 yenes (Okinawa International Ocean Exhibition)
KM#85y
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1975
100 yenes (50th Anniversary of Emperor Hiroito's Reign)
KM#86
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1976
500 yenes
KM#87
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988
Coin value: 1,00$ - 7,46$
500 yenes (Opening of the Seikan Tunnel)
KM#93
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1988
1 yen (Heisei)
KM#95.1
Material: Aluminium
Years: 1989
1 yen (Heisei)
KM#95.2
Material:
Years: 1997, 1991, 1996, 1993, 1990, 1995, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2000, 1994, 2007, 2004, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Coin value: 0,06$ - 1,83$
5 yenes
KM#96.1
Material: Brass
Years: 1989
5 yenes
KM#96.2
Material: Brass
Years: 1995, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2014, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Coin value: 0,10$ - 2,50$
10 yenes (Akihito-Heisei)
KM#97.1
Material: Bronze
Years: 1989
10 yenes (Heisei)
KM#97.2
Material: Bronze
Years: 1998, 1992, 1990, 2003, 2009, 1991, 1997, 2004, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2000, 2010, 2006, 2014, 2007, 2002, 2008, 1999, 2018, 2015, 1994, 2012, 1993, 2013, 2016, 1995, 2017, 2019
Coin value: 0,05$ - 2,33$
100 yenes (Akihito-Heisei)
KM#98.1
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1989
100 yenes (Akihito-Heisei)
KM#98.2
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2000, 1990, 2012, 2013, 1992, 2008, 2003, 1998, 2004, 2014, 2006, 2015, 2016, 1991, 2017, 1997, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019
Coin value: 0,30$ - 5,36$
500 yenes
KM#99.2
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1990, 1993
50 yenes
KM#101.1
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1989
50 yenes
KM#101.2
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1999, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1990, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Coin value: 0,43$ - 0,90$
500 yenes (Crown Prince Royal Wedding)
KM#107
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 1993
500 yenes
KM#125
Material: Nickel-brass
Years: 2000, 2001, 2011, 2014, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2016, 2019
Coin value: 0,05$ - 10,70$
500 yenes (XXVII Soccer World Cup-Japan-Korea 2002)
KM#127
Material: Nickel-brass
Years: 2002
500 yenes (Hokkaido)
KM#141
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2008
500 yenes (Kyōto)
KM#143
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2008
500 yenes (Shimane)
KM#145
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2008
500 yenes (Nagano)
KM#147
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2009
500 yenes (Niigata)
KM#149
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2009
500 yenes (Ibaraki)
KM#153
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2009
500 yenes (Nara)
KM#155
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2009
500 yenes (Kōchi)
KM#159
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2010
500 yenes (Gifu)
KM#161
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2010
500 yenes (Fukui)
KM#163
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2010
500 yenes (Aichi)
KM#165
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2010
500 yenes (Aomori)
KM#167
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2010
500 yenes (Saga)
KM#169
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2010
500 yenes (Toyama)
KM#171
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2011
500 yenes (Tottori)
KM#173
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2011
500 yenes (Kumamoto)
KM#175
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2011
500 yenes (Shiga)
KM#177
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2011
500 yenes (Iwate)
KM#179
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2011
500 yenes (Akita)
KM#181
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2011
500 yenes (Okinawa)
KM#183
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2012
500 yenes (Kanagawa)
KM#185
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2012
500 yenes (Miyazaki)
KM#187
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2012
500 yenes (Tochigi)
KM#189
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2012
500 yenes (Hyōgo)
KM#191
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2012
500 yenes (Ōita)
KM#193
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2012
500 yenes (Miyagi)
KM#196
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Hiroshima)
KM#198
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Gunma)
KM#200
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Yamanashi)
KM#202
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Shizuoka)
KM#204
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Okayama)
KM#206
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Kagoshima)
KM#208
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2013
500 yenes (Ehime)
KM#211
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2014
500 yenes (Yamagata)
KM#213
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2014
500 yenes (Mie)
KM#215
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2014
500 yenes (Kagawa)
KM#217
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2014
500 yenes (Saitama)
KM#219
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2014
500 yenes (Ishikawa)
KM#221
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2014
100 yenes (Tōkaidō Shinkansen N700A)
KM#223
Material:
Years: 2015
100 yenes (Sanyo Shinkansen 500 Series)
KM#224
Material:
Years: 2015
100 yenes (Tōhoku Shinkansen E5 System)
KM#225
Material:
Years: 2015
100 yenes (Jōetsu Shinkansen E4 System)
KM#226
Material:
Years: 2015
100 yenes (Hokuriku Shinkansen E7 and W7 Systems)
KM#227
Material:
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Yamaguchi)
KM#228
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Tokushima)
KM#230
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Fukuoka)
KM#232
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Wakayama)
KM#234
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Osaka)
KM#236
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Nagasaki)
KM#238
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
500 yenes (Chiba)
KM#240
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2015
100 yenes (Yamagata 400 train)
KM#250
Material: Copper banked in copper-nickel
Years: 2016
100 yenes (Akita E6 Train)
KM#251
Material: Copper banked in copper-nickel
Years: 2016
100 yenes (Kyushu 800 train)
KM#252
Material: Copper banked in copper-nickel
Years: 2016
100 yenes (Hokkaido H5 Train)
KM#253
Material: Copper banked in copper-nickel
Years: 2016
500 yenes (Fukusima)
KM#254
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2016
500 yenes (Tōkyō)
KM#255
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2016
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 1 broadcast - Fencing)
KM#261
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2018
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 1 broadcast - Bowls)
KM#262
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2018
1 yen (Reiwa)
KM#2019.01sk
Material: Aluminium
Years: 2020
1 yen
KM#2019.01sk
Material: Aluminium
Years: 2019
5 yenes
KM#2019.02sk
Material: Brass
Years: 2019
5 yenes (Naurito-Reiwa)
KM#2019.02sk
Material: Brass
Years: 2020
10 yenes
KM#2019.03sk
Material: Bronze
Years: 2019, 2021
10 yenes (Naruhito-Reiwa)
KM#2019.03sk
Material: Bronze
Years: 2020
50 yenes
KM#2019.04sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
50 yenes (Naruito-Reiwa)
KM#2019.04sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020, 2021
100 yenes
KM#2019.05sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019, 2022
100 yenes (Naruhito-Reiwa)
KM#2019.05sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020, 2021, 2023
500 yenes
KM#2019.06sk
Material: Nickel-brass
Years: 2019, 2020, 2021
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 2 broadcast - Karate)
KM#2019.12sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 2 broadcast - Skateboarding)
KM#2019.13sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 2 issue - Sport Climbing)
KM#2019.14sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 2 broadcast - Surfing)
KM#2019.15sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 2 broadcast - Weightlifting)
KM#2019.16sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 2 issue -Goalball)
KM#2019.17sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2019
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 4 broadcast - Soccer)
KM#2020.01sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 4 broadcast - Miraitowa)
KM#2020.02sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 4 broadcast - Tennis)
KM#2020.03sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XXXII Olympic Games - 4 broadcast - Volleyball)
KM#2020.04sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 4 broadcast - Cycling)
KM#2020.05sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 4 broadcast - Someity)
KM#2020.06sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 4 broadcast - Wheelchair Rugby)
KM#2020.07sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Olympic Games - 3 issue - Archery)
KM#2020.08sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Olympic Games - 3 issue - Canoeing)
KM#2020.09sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Olympic Games - 3 issue - Cycling)
KM#2020.1sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 3 broadcast - Archery)
KM#2020.11sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
100 yenes (XVI Paralympic Games - 3 issue - Athletics)
KM#2020.12sk
Material: Copper-nickel
Years: 2020
KM#2021.01sk
Material: Bimetalica
Years: 2021, 2022, 2023
Investing in Japan coins can be a great opportunity for coin collectors and investors alike. The rich cultural and historical heritage of Japan is reflected in its coins, making them unique and valuable collectibles.
One reason why Japan coins are attractive to investors is their rarity. Many Japan coins were produced in limited quantities, making them difficult to find and increasing their value. Additionally, the historical events and political changes that have taken place in Japan over the years have had a significant impact on its coin production, further adding to their rarity and collectibility.
Finally, the value of Japan coins is also influenced by their age and condition. Coins that are in excellent condition and date back to ancient times are often worth more than newer coins or those in poor condition.
In conclusion, investing in Japan coins can be a smart choice for coin collectors and investors who are looking for unique and valuable collectibles with a rich cultural and historical heritage.