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‘Phantom’ coins — believed to be destroyed after WWII — found in warehouse in Japan
Officials described the massive coin collection as an “extremely rare” find, according to the Japanese outlet NHK. The face value of the coins is 1 sen, the equivalent of one-one hundredth of ...
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Japan Mint making coins to mark 25 years of ‘Evangelion’
OSAKA--The Japan Mint plans to soon release special collector coin sets to commemorate 25 years since the popular "Neon Genesis Evangelion" animated TV series first aired. The coin sets are ...
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Boxes of ceramic ‘phantom coins’ from WWII found in Kyoto
KYOTO—As many as 500,000 ceramic coins produced during the metal shortages on the Japanese home front during the Pacific War have been discovered here. The Japan Mint said on Oct. 9 that the ...