A commemorative coin with a face value of 500 yen, dated 2016. Subject of the issue: Prefectures – Tokyo in packaging.

The issue belongs to the 47 Prefectures programme, begun in 2008 for the 60th anniversary of the Local Autonomy Law and completed in 2016. Each prefecture received two coins, a bimetallic 500 yen and a silver 1000 yen.

The blank is composite: a cupronickel disc in a nickel-brass ring. Japanese coins are struck by the Japan Mint: the head plant in Osaka and branches in Saitama and Hiroshima. Japanese coins carry no mint mark.

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