Because the site was near large residences of important people in medieval Japan, the coins were likely ... Each bundle contained about 100 coins and a total of 1,060 bundles were dug up.

OSAKA--The Japan Mint plans to soon release ... The silver medal will be included in the set containing six coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen, minted in the second year ...