500 Yen, Specimen, Japan, 1988
date: label: date made
content: 1988
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 500 yen coin, specimen
label: Description (Brief)
content: Japan, 1988
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: The undersea tunnel with seagulls and waves featuring the Straits of Tsugaru.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: Romanization: NIHON / KUNI / GO / HYAKU / EN (Translation: Japan, Five Hundred yen)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: An illustration of the new route connecting Hokkaido and Honshu.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: Romanization: SEIKAN / TON'NERU / KAITSU / 500 / EN / SHOWA / 63 / NEN (Translation: Seikan tunnel opening
label: Description (Brief)
content: 500 yen Year 63 of Showa).
label: Description (Brief)
content: Rim Text: SEIKAN / TUNNEL / '88
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: East Asian Coins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Bank of Japan through Mitsuo Fujimoto, Manager, Cash Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.88.0770.01
label: catalog number
content: 88.0770.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0770
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper-nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 mm x 30 mm; 3/32 in x 1 3/16 in