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Commemorative Coins and Japan Mint Products

Boundary guide separating coin identities from packaging, commercial sets, certificates, and medals.

日本の記念貨幣

Commemorative Coins and Japan Mint Products · obverse Commemorative Coins and Japan Mint Products · reverse
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Programs
15
Issue records
247
Face-value channel
117
Premium sale
130

Classification

Legal tender does not describe the sales channel

Each record keeps face value, original issue price, metal, sales method, quantity semantics, and operational issue stage separate. A premium collector coin remains legal tender, but it was not necessarily intended for ordinary change.

Object boundary

Coin, product, medal, and packaging are different objects

The issue register describes legal-tender coins. A Japan Mint set may include those coins plus a non-legal-tender medal, case, certificate, and sales record; the mint-products catalog models those relationships without duplicating coin identities.

Legal-tender coin

Government-authorized denomination and design identity.

Mint product

A commercial bundle with its own product code, sale window, and price.

Medal

May be included in a set but is not legal tender.

Packaging

Case, holder, booklet, and certificate belong to the product, not the coin type.

Evidence

Sources and scope

These links support the claims on this page. Source authority does not imply permission to republish source images.

Commemorative Coins List Ministry of Finance Japan

Official names, Japanese names, years, materials, dimensions, mass, and design-reference identity

Open source
Coins List: Local Autonomy Act 60th Anniversary Ministry of Finance Japan

47 prefectures and paired denomination identities

Open source
National Park System 100th Anniversary program Ministry of Finance Japan

Program chronology and announced park designs

Open source
FY2026 National Parks issue and sales decisions Ministry of Finance Japan

Issue quantities, original prices, application periods, and shipment timing

Open source