Register at 7-11 and assorted vending machines don’t recognize it. Also says Nippon 500 on the sides. Do counterfeit coins exist in Japan? I would post a pic but, you know.
Is it two tone (Center is a lighter color)? It’s the new one which coin counters need to be updated to be able to validate correctly.
On a related note, I got a 2002 soccer version of ¥500 coin today, which I sadly had to spend. Had never seen one before!
Do you mean the new 500 yen coin released last year?
Most companies are waiting to replace their self checkouts and vending machines after the new bills are released in 2024.
>you know
Just post a pic
The old 500 yen coin (two generations ago, as it were) was the only coin with Roman letters on it, on the edge. The date on your coin should be dated between 昭和 57 (1982) and 平成 11 (1999).
Keep it if you can. Few are in circulation now.
>Also says Nippon 500 on the sides.
That actually indicates an older coin (issued between 1989-1999). The newer ones do not have any side lettering.
Several years ago i charged my suica card for 1000 yen using an 10,000 yen bill.
I didn’t notice til later that day when i went shopping because the young cashier said something about my money looking weird so she called over a supervisor who told me i had an old 5000 yen bill that’s no longer in regular circulation so the cashier had probably never seen it before.
Upon hearing that i decided to keep it and i not have a few of of those 5000 yen bills, a few 2000 yen bills and one or two 10,000 yen bills that also look slightly different.
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Is it two tone (Center is a lighter color)? It’s the new one which coin counters need to be updated to be able to validate correctly.
On a related note, I got a 2002 soccer version of ¥500 coin today, which I sadly had to spend. Had never seen one before!
Do you mean the new 500 yen coin released last year?
Most companies are waiting to replace their self checkouts and vending machines after the new bills are released in 2024.
>you know
Just post a pic
The old 500 yen coin (two generations ago, as it were) was the only coin with Roman letters on it, on the edge. The date on your coin should be dated between 昭和 57 (1982) and 平成 11 (1999).
Keep it if you can. Few are in circulation now.
>Also says Nippon 500 on the sides.
That actually indicates an older coin (issued between 1989-1999). The newer ones do not have any side lettering.
[https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9586.html](https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9586.html)
Yours is probably genuine but those coins [had serious counterfeit issues](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_yen_coin#Counterfeiting_issues) so vending machines stopped accepting them (even the genuine ones).
Hopefully these work for y’all
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[https://ibb.co/fVJmxD6](https://ibb.co/fVJmxD6)
[https://ibb.co/mF0Y3zm](https://ibb.co/mF0Y3zm)
Several years ago i charged my suica card for 1000 yen using an 10,000 yen bill.
I didn’t notice til later that day when i went shopping because the young cashier said something about my money looking weird so she called over a supervisor who told me i had an old 5000 yen bill that’s no longer in regular circulation so the cashier had probably never seen it before.
Upon hearing that i decided to keep it and i not have a few of of those 5000 yen bills, a few 2000 yen bills and one or two 10,000 yen bills that also look slightly different.