Japan to Mint Memorial Coin for 150th Anniversary of Meiji Era

May 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japan's Finance Ministry said Friday that it will issue a silver coin to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1868 start of the country's Meiji era, which ended in 1912.

The front of the coin will depict a train station and people in the early Meiji era, based on a colored woodblock print by Edo-period ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hiroshige.

A total of 50,000 coins will be minted, each with a face value of 1,000 yen.

Japan Mint will sell the coins at a price of 9,000 yen each.

The back of the coin will feature a design of a dragon depicted in a gold coin used in the early Meiji era. Jiji Press