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The Olympic Flame Appeared On
Olympic Coins For The First Time |
¡¡¡¡The first Olympic Games in Asia is the
18th Olympic Games held in Tokyo from Oct. 10 to Oct. 24 in
1964. A Japanese youth who was born on the day that the American
A-bomb was exploded in Hiroshima
lighted up the Olympic flame, by this way, Japanese people showed
their strong desire for peace.
Japanese government issued a two-coin set of commemorative silver
coin for this game, and engraved the
Olympic flame on the coins for the first time in Olympic history.
¡¡¡¡The first silver coin weighs 4.8g. 60% in purity, 22.6mm in
diameter, the face value is 100JPY. The
obverse design features Olympic rings on the Olympic flame.
The reverse design features Characters ¡°
1964 TOKYO¡±, the face value, the year of issuance in Japanese.
¡¡¡¡The other silver coin weighs 20g, 92.5% in purity, 1,000 JPY,
35.1mm in diameter. The obverse design
features the title of Japan, the face value, the Fuji Mountain
circled by cherry blossom. The reverse
design features Characters ¡°1964 TOKYO¡±, the face value, Olympic
rings, the year of issuance in
Japanese, and the decorative pattern of cherry blossom. |
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