WORLD COINS - JAPAN - 5 YEN - PROOF

2008 Japan 5 Yen Proof — Heisei 20

Rice, water and gear motif · Gothic lettering type

01 IDENTITY

Coin Identity

CountryJapan

Denomination5 Yen · 五円

Year2008

Japanese EraHeisei 20

Date Inscription平成二十年

FinishProof

MintJapan Mint

02 PHYSICAL PROFILE

Physical Specifications

CompositionBrass (60–70% copper, 30–40% zinc)

Weight3.75 g

Diameter22 mm

Thickness1.51 mm

ShapeRound with a central hole

OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑

EdgePlain

TypeGothic lettering 5 Yen

03 DESIGN & CONTEXT

Design

Obverse — value side

Rice stalks frame the value 五円. The central opening is surrounded by gear teeth, with water lines beneath the denomination.

Reverse — dated side

日本国 appears above the central opening, with a seedling motif and the era date 平成二十年 below.

Japan Mint treats the dated side as the reverse. Some international catalogues label the sides in the opposite order. No third-party coin photograph is reproduced.

04 ISSUE & QUANTITY

Issue Information

Calendar Year2008

Japanese Date平成二十年

Year-dated Manufacturing (all finishes)9,811,000

Issue FormatProof coin in collector set

Secondary Catalogue Proof Figure168,200

Independent Proof Coin-only MintageNot asserted

Japan Mint year-date manufacturing is an overall figure and must not be added to proof-set counts. Proof-set quantities count known products containing a 5 Yen coin, not an independently published 5 Yen-only proof mintage. The secondary catalogue proof figure is displayed as a separate comparison and is not treated as an official Japan Mint total.

05 COLLECTION RECORD