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Japanese yen (Japan usage only)


Name: Japanese yen
Defn: 1000rin=1000r=100sen=100s=1y
Symbol: ¥
Code: JPY
Desc: new
Units of money:
ren r 1
sen s 10
yen y 1000

Users of this currency: Japanese occupation of Central China (6 stamps, 1941-1942), Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (3 stamps, 1945), Japan (9525 stamps, 1900-2019), Japanese offices in China (49 stamps, 1900-1920), Japanese offices in Korea (15 stamps, 1900), Japanese offices in Taiwan (3 stamps, 1945), Japanese occupation of North Borneo (14 stamps, 1944), Ryukyu Islands (64 stamps, 1948-1958) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Japan in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2s 6   1913 brn dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a ... 1939 pur issue=1937b d=trading ship
1s 5   1913 org dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a ... 4/1/1942 orgbrn issue=war morale d=woman war worker
1 1/2s 27   4/29/1906 bl issue=Military Triumph after Russo-Japanese War d=Flag & gun ... 12/10/1936 carrose d=Wedded Rocks
2s 20   1913 grn dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a ... 4/1945 car issue=1945 pictorials d=General Nogi
2+2s 1   6/1/1937 dkcar issue=Patriotic Aviation Fund d=Douglas DC-2 over mountains
3s 34   5/10/1900 car issue=Wedding of Crown Prince Yoshihito & Princess Sadako d=Wedding symbols certificate & rice-cakes ... 4/1945 cl issue=1945 pictorials d=cherry blossoms (1945)
3+2s 1   6/1/1937 vio issue=Patriotic Aviation Fund d=Douglas DC-2 over mountains
4s 23   1913 red dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b ... 4/1/1942 emer issue=war morale d=Mt Fuji & monument
4+2s 1   6/1/1937 grn issue=Patriotic Aviation Fund d=Douglas DC-2 over mountains
5s 9   1913 vio dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b ... 4/1945 grn issue=1945 pictorials d=Sunrise Plane
6s 11   1919 brn issue=1914 d=Tazawa b ... 1944 ltultra issue=war morale d=worker & planes
7s 5   1937 ver issue=1937a d=Tazawa b ... 10/1/1944 blkvio d=Kwantung shrine
8s 7   1919 gray issue=1914 d=Tazawa b ... 1939 pur<vio issue=1937b d=Meiji Shrine
8 1/2s 1   1929 d=plane over Lake Ashi
9 1/2s 1   1929 d=plane over Lake Ashi
10s 34   1913 dpbl dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b ... 4/1945 sal issue=1945 pictorials d=Mt Fuji & cherry blossoms (1945)
12s 1   1939 ind issue=1937b d=plane&map
13s 1   1925 olbrn issue=1914 d=Tazawa b
14s 2   1938 roselake&palerose issue=1937b d=Kasuga Shrine
15s 3   4/1/1942 dlbl issue=war morale d=aviator saluting ... 12/12/1946 org issue=postal service 75th d=Medieval Postmans Bell
16 1/2s 1   1929 d=plane over Lake Ashi
17s 1   1943 grayvio issue=war morale d=Yasukuni torii
18s 1   1929 d=plane over Lake Ashi
20s 20   1913 cl dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b ... 3/25/1946 ultra issue=1945 pictorials d=Mt Fuji (1945)
25s 4   1913 ol dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b ... 1938 dkbrn<brn issue=1937b d=Horyu Temple
27s 1   1945 rosebrn issue=war morale d=Yasukuni torii
30s 8   1919 orgbrn issue=1914 d=Tazawa c ... 1947 issue=1947 d=Horyu Temple var=redrawn
33s 1   1929 d=plane over Lake Ashi
35s 1   4/15/1947 issue=1947b d=numeral (1947 Japan)
40s 2   4/1/1942 dlvio issue=war morale d=Garambi Lighthouse, 1944 pur issue=war morale d=Garambi Lighthouse different
45s 1   4/15/1947 issue=1947b d=numeral (1947 Japan)
50s 7   1919 dkbrn issue=1914 d=Tazawa c ... 1948 d=x
80s 1   0/1/1951 issue=1950 d=Tahoto pagoda
1y 13   1913 yelgrn&mar dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa c ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Baron Maejima Hisoka
1.20y 8   1947 ltolgrn issue=1947 d=Horyu Temple Pagoda - Ikaruga Nara Prefecture var=redrawn ... 5/3/1948 dkcar issue=education reorg
120+80s 1   1947 dprose issue=Community Chest Drive d=Charity Emblem
1234 2   4/20/1981 issue=Philatelic Week 1981 d=Moonflower by Harunobu Suzuki, 6/9/2017 issue=Japan Night View Series 3 d=Japan Night Views
1.30y 1   8/1/1946 yelbrn issue=1946 d=wild geese (1946)
1.50y 2   8/1/1946 dkgray issue=1946 d=Kintai bridge, 9/10/1948 bl d=numeral (1948 Japan)
2y 19   8/1/1946 orgred issue=1946 d=Kiyomizu-dera ... 3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=Arctic Hare Lepus Timidus
3y 5   11/1/1949 blgrn issue=economic recovery d=whaler at harpoon gun ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Siberian chipmunk Eutamias sibiricus
3.80y 1   9/10/1948 d=numeral (1948 Japan)
4y 6   1947 ltultra issue=1947 d=geese var=redrawn ... 5/15/1963 brn&red issue=1962 d=Emperors Slit Shell Pleurotomaria hirasei
5.00y 1   5/5/1949 brnlil&redbrn issue=Children's Day 1949
= 5y 108   1908 grn d=Empress Jingu ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata
5+5y 13   10/11/1961 issue=Olympics 1964 in 1961 ... 6/23/1964 issue=Olympics 1964
6y 3   11/1/1949 redorg issue=economic recovery d=woman printer ... 2/20/1962 issue=1962 d=sacred bamboo
7y 28   7/1/1966 ol&org issue=1966 d=goldfish (1966) ... 10/9/2019 issue=International Letter Writing Week 2019
8y 55   1949 ultra issue=4th National Athletic Meet d=swimmer ... 11/1/2018 issue=Overseas Greetings - Mount Fuji
10y 232   1908 dkvio d=Empress Jingu ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Nipponia nippon
12y 1   1971 dpbrn issue=1971 d=Allomyrina dichotomus
14y 9   7/5/1949 car issue=Fuji-Hakone National Park 1949 d=Mount Fuji from Mount Shichimen ... 5/24/1958 car&multi issue=3rd Asian Games d=runner at finish tape
15y 134   11/1/1948 grnbl issue=economic recovery d=cotton spinner ... 4/25/1994 issue=1992 d=Graphium doson (1994)
15+5y 2   2/6/1971 issue=Winter Olympics 1972 in 1971 d=ski jumping
16y 3   1949 ultra issue=economic recovery d=Mt Hodaka ... 1/10/1950 gray d=southern green pheasant
18y 6   10/30/2014 issue=Special Stamps for International Airmail Postcards d=Sushi ... 11/1/2016 issue=Special Correspondence Stamps d=Special Stamps for International Airmail Postcards 2016
20y 127   1949 bl issue=economic recovery d=planting trees ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=sika deer Cervus nippon
20+5y 3   3/26/1973 issue=Takamatsu-Zuka Tomb Restoration dt=Murals from Tomb ... 3/2/1974 issue=International Ocean Exposition 1975 d=A Reefy Coast (Hyakusui Hirafuku)
24y 22   7/5/1949 bl issue=Fuji-Hakone National Park 1949 d=Mount Fuji in winter ... 10/5/1958 d=Kyoto by Hiroshige
25y 5   1951 grn issue=1951 d=plane over pagoda ... 1972 emer<ultra issue=1971 d=hydrangea (1972)
30y 19   1949 bl issue=economic recovery d=postman (1948) ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Vulpes vulpes schrencki
34y 1   1/10/1950 vio d=southern green pheasant
35y 2   1952 redorg issue=1952 d=goldfish (1952), 7/1/1966 issue=1966 d=luminescent squid
40y 43   1951 blk issue=1951 d=plane over pagoda ... 3/1/1989 issue=Letter Writing Day 1989 d=cat with letter
41y 38   7/3/1989 issue=1984 d=Chlamys nobilis ... 11/15/1993 issue=Year of the Dog 1994 d=Shibahara Clay Dog
41+3y 3   12/2/1991 issue=Year of the Monkey 1992 d=Ishikawa Papier-mache Monkey ... 11/15/1993 issue=New Year Lottery 1994 d=Shibahara Clay Dog
41+4y 1   3/30/1990 issue=International Garden and Greenery Expo d=Fairies on Flower
45y 2   10/15/1952 bl d=Yomei Gate, Nikko, 5/15/1967 issue=1966 d=Asian Skunk Cabbage - Lysichiton camtschatcensis
50y 1045   8/1/1946 issue=1946 d=Noh mask (1946) ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Capricornis crispus (2015)
50+3y 10   11/15/1994 issue=New Year Lottery 1995 d=Izumo Papier-mache Boar ... 11/12/2012 issue=Year of the Snake 2013 lottery
= 50y+3y 1   11/14/2003 issue=Year of the Monkey 2004
50+10y 1   3/26/1973 issue=Takamatsu-Zuka Tomb Restoration dt=Murals from Tomb
52y 429   3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=Somei-yoshino Cherry Blossoms ... 4/14/2017 issue=My Journey Stamp Series 2 d=Enoshima seagulls
52+3y 1   11/1/2016 issue=New Year 2017 d=Rooster by Kurashiki Hariko Lottery stamp
55y 4   1951 issue=1951 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake ... 7/1/1967 issue=1967 d=Water plants Lake Akan
59y 1   1/10/1950 car d=southern green pheasant
60y 351   6/20/1966 slgrn issue=1966 d=Konponchudo Hall, Enryaku Temple ... 4/17/1998 issue=Philatelic Week 1998 d=Poppies (Kokei Kobayashi)
60+10y 1   9/1/1981 issue=International Year of the Disabled d=Bluebird and I.Y.D.P. Emblem
62y 638   4/1/1989 issue=1989 Nagano d=Monkeys ... 7/30/2019 issue=Animals 2019
62+3y 4   12/2/1991 issue=Year of the Monkey 1992 d=Obata Monkey ... 11/1/2018 issue=Year of the Pig - New Year Lottery
62+10y 2   6/1/1989 issue=International Garden and Greenery Exposition d=Children in Bird and Flower Balloon, 7/5/1991 issue=11th World Federation of the Deaf International Congress d=Solidarity in Sign Language and Congress emblem
63Y 84   8/20/2019 issue=Miffy ... 11/22/2019 issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
63+3y 1   11/1/2019 issue=Year of the Rat 2020 b
65y 2   7/1/1966 orgbrn issue=1966 d=Haniwa-Horse Brown, 7/1/1967 brnorg issue=1967 d=Hakiwa
70y 25   8/15/1953 d=Buddha ... 10/9/2019 issue=International Letter Writing Week 2019
72y 2   4/1/1989 issue=1984 d=Deer (from Lacquer Writing Box), 8/10/1989 issue=1989 d=Pine Plum Bamboo Blossom Congratulations
75y 4   1951 issue=1951 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake ... 9/1/1966 issue=1966 d=Sasakia charonda (1956)
80y 3303   1951 issue=1951 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake ... 2/6/2014 issue=150 Years Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Switzerland and Japan d=Spring Time in Mountains Switzerland
80+3y 10   11/15/1994 issue=New Year Lottery 1995 d=Boar (Takayama Soft Toy) ... 11/12/2012 issue=Year of the Snake 2013 lottery
= 80y+3y 1   11/14/2003 issue=Year of the Monkey 2004
80+10y 5   2/7/1997 issue=Winter Olympics 1998 in 1997 d=emblem ... 5/31/2001 issue=World Cup 2002 in 2001 d=Nik
80+20y 5   4/20/1995 issue=Philatelic Week 1995 d=Visitor to Art Studio - Painting by Keik ... 11/15/2000 issue=2000 Tokyo d=Shinjuku New Centre of Tokyo
82y 1955   3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=Japanese Apricot ... 7/30/2019 issue=Animals 2019 b
82+3y 2   11/1/2016 issue=New Year 2017 d=Iyo Ittobori Rooster Lottery stamp, 11/1/2018 issue=Year of the Pig - New Year Lottery
82+10y 17   8/20/2018 issue=Rugby World Cup 2019 ... 3/12/2019 issue=Paralympics 2020 in 2019
84Y 158   8/20/2019 issue=Miffy ... 11/28/2019 issue=Children's Picture Books
84+3y 1   11/1/2019 issue=Year of the Rat 2020 b
84+10y 8   8/26/2019 issue=Olympic 2020 in 2019
85y 2   1951 issue=1951 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake, 1952 issue=1952 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake var=no zeros
90y 55   7/2/1962 blgrn issue=1962 d=wind god ... 10/9/2019 issue=International Letter Writing Week 2019
92y 33   3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=violets ... 4/23/2019 issue=Celebration 2019
94Y 1   9/25/2019 issue=Greetings 2019
100y 39   8/1/1946 issue=1946 d=plum blossoms (1939) ... 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Japanese primrose
103y 1   1/10/1950 och d=southern green pheasant
110y 42   12/5/1966 redbrn issue=1966 d=Katsura Gardenvilla Kyoto ... 10/9/2019 issue=International Letter Writing Week 2019
115y 1   8/15/1953 d=Buddha
120y 15   11/1/1962 pur issue=1962 d=mythical winged woman ... 9/13/2019 issue=Posuma and Friends
125y 2   1951 issue=1951 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake, 1952 issue=1952 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake var=no zeros
130y 36   10/6/1981 issue=International Letter Writing Week 1981 d=Streptopelia orientalis ... 10/9/2019 issue=International Letter Writing Week 2019
140y 2   6/25/1976 issue=1976 d=No-Mask Old Man c 1300, 2/2/2015 issue=2015 d=Kerria
144y 1   1/10/1950 brnol d=southern green pheasant
145y 1   8/15/1953 d=Buddha
150y 3   1971 grn<grn issue=1971 d=bronze phoenix ... 10/6/1987 issue=International Letter Writing Week 1987 d=Utage-no-Hana (Goyo Hirata)
160y 2   1951 issue=1951 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake, 1952 issue=1952 d=plane over Mt Tsurugi-dake var=no zeros
170y 2   1980 issue=1980, 1/20/1981 issue=1980 d=Miroko Bosatsu Horyu-ji Temple
175y 1   6/1/1989 issue=1984 d=Miroku Bosatsu, Horyu Temple
190y 1   4/25/1994 issue=1992 d=Pecteilis radiata
200y 4   6/20/1966 dkgrn issue=1966 d=Onjo Bosatsu ... 1/25/1976 redorg issue=1976 d=Haniwa ancient clay warrior - Orange
205y 1   3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=Yakushima National Park Jomon Sugi
210y 1   6/1/1989 issue=1984 d=Statue of Haniwa warrior
250y 1   1976 issue=1976 d=Guardian Dog
260y 2   1980 issue=1980, 1/20/1981 issue=1980 d=Buddha Chuson-ji Hiraizumi
270y 1   1/24/1994 issue=1992 d=Dianthus superbus (1994)
280y 1   3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=Yoshino-Kumano National Park Nachi Falls
300y 2   1974 dkbl issue=1971 d=Buddha, 4/3/1984 d=Keiki-doji in Kongobu Temple
310y 2   3/20/1981 issue=1980 d=Komokuten Toda-ji temple, 3/3/2014 issue=2014 d=Rishiri Rebun Sarobetsu National Park
350y 3   1976 issue=1976 d=Sho-Kannon ... 7/2/2012 issue=2012
360y 1   6/1/1989 issue=1984 d=Statue of the temple of Yakushiji
390y 1   3/28/1996 issue=1996 d=Day-flowers
400y 1   1974 carrose issue=1971 d=tentoki sculpture
410y 2   1/20/1981 issue=1980 d=Lady Maya Horyu-ji Nara, 12/6/1982 issue=1980 d=Enamel tea jar by Ninsei Nanamura
420y 1   1/24/1994 issue=1992 d=Iris japonica
430y 1   4/25/1994 issue=1992 d=Viola grypoceras
500y 17   1949 bl issue=economic recovery d=workers building a locomotive ... 1/5/2018 issue=Japanese Architecture, Series 3
600y 2   1980 issue=1980, 3/20/1981 issue=1980 d=Miroko Bosatsu Horyu-ji Temple
700y 1   7/4/1995 issue=1995 d=praying mantis, chrysanthemums and hibiscus
816y 1   3/2/2018 issue=My Journey Series Series III
1000y 7   1975 issue=1971 d=Goddess Kissho ... 1/29/2016 issue=Greetings 2016 x d=Greetings from Japan Kanagawa-oki nami-ura

Used by 9525 stamps of Japan: (See all uses as list)
5/10/1900 3s car issue=Wedding of Crown Prince Yoshihito & Princess Sadako d=Wedding symbols certificate & rice-cakes
7/1/1905 3s rosered issue=Japan & Korea merge perf=12
4/29/1906 1 1/2s bl issue=Military Triumph after Russo-Japanese War d=Flag & gun
4/29/1906 3s rose issue=Military Triumph after Russo-Japanese War d=Flag & gun
1908 5y grn d=Empress Jingu perf=12
1908 10y dkvio d=Empress Jingu perf=12
military 12/1/1910 3s
1913 10s dpbl dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b
1913 1y yelgrn&mar dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa c
1913 25s ol dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b
1913 20s cl dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b
1913 5s vio dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b perf=12-13.5
1913 4s red dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b
1913 3s rose dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a
1913 2s grn dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a
1913 1 1/2s ltbl dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a
1913 1s org dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a
1913 1/2s brn dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa a
5/20/1914 1/2s brn issue=1914 d=Tazawa a wmk=zigzag lines
5/20/1914 1s org issue=1914 d=Tazawa a wmk=zigzag lines
5/20/1914 1 1/2s bl issue=1914 d=Tazawa a wmk=zigzag lines
5/20/1914 2s grn issue=1914 d=Tazawa a wmk=zigzag lines
5/20/1914 4s red issue=1914 d=Tazawa b wmk=zigzag lines
5/20/1914 5s vio issue=1914 d=Tazawa b wmk=zigzag lines
5/20/1914 10s dpbl issue=1914 d=Tazawa b wmk=zigzag lines
... skipping 9475 ...
11/22/2019 84Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 84Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 84Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 84Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 84Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/22/2019 63Y issue=Greetings - Winter 2019
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books
11/28/2019 84Y issue=Children's Picture Books

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