A commemorative coin with a face value of 500 yen, dated 2011. Subject of the issue: Prefectures - Kumamoto.

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.

This coin is one of the items in the VPcoins catalogue, which brings together commemorative, circulation and bullion coins from around the world.