Commemorative coins

I will talk about this week commemorative coins.

Memorial money is money that is issued to commemorate the national event in the world. Some on the subject of cultural heritage and wildlife. In many cases, even if there is a coin banknote. Commemorative coins, commemorative coins, especially if the coin is that the currency is also known as Memorial. Commemorative coins are also called currency Memorial.

State that issued the first commemorative coins were in the Roman Empire. In the Roman Empire had been a money issue often Victory. Portrait of the emperor and the king had been engraved on the money, it was possible for money to commemorate the monarch was crowned the newly issued. So, there was also meant to promote the new portrait of the monarch.

May be distributed in the same manner as money normal coin design is different from money usually there is what is called money usually for the purpose of distribution are usually money is the money memorial as well. There is a nominal value that are issued as a commemorative money every year in the UK. The money is usually five pounds banknote, commemorative coins is only money.

Expensive coins until around World War II, gold and silver were also made ​​of precious metal commemorative coins for a lot of things that are made ​​of precious metals as money did many standard. But, Was often that the gold coin is issued as money usually because the gold standard is stopped in the world after the Great Depression is no longer, after the Second World War is made of copper and white copper inexpensive even money Memorial. Due to an increase in industrial demand for silver price has risen since 1970, some countries no longer circulated as normal currency silver.

Coin boom in Japan 1000 yen commemorative silver coin issued in 1964 Tokyo Olympics was inspired. 100000 yen commemorative gold coin forgery case 60 years reign of Emperor Showa in 1986 occurred. So, has become coin collection that will accelerate away. Now 1 yen and 50 yen which was built between 2000 and 2002 has been trading with a high premium due to the small number of manufacturing. What you're yearning for collectors and especially in its issuance of 50 yen in 1987.

There is also a "error coins" are stamped deviation at the time of manufacture. If the coin is that perforated defective coin, so to speak, and without holes, such as hole deviation and error coins struck twice engraved, cast-shadow, and also tilt. May 5 yen and 50 yen coins are found the position of the hole is displaced in the process of perforation in the center of the distribution turns being removed from time to time, but usually in the middle of the inspection.

The commemorative coins were issued in 1964 in Japan. Was published in 2008 as the first silver coins silver coins and 100 yen 1,000 yen Tokyo Olympic Memorial. Up to 500 yen nickel-brass coins in commemoration of 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to Brazil, 52 different commemorative coins have been issued and the Japan-Brazil Exchange Year.

 

 

( 1000 yen Tokyo Olympic silver commemorative coins.)

In the next week, I made ​​about the portrait.