April 14, 2023
Ministry of Finance
Issuance of Commemorative Coin for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to issue about five types of coins commemorating Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan in three installments before the opening of the Expo.
For the first issue, MOF has decided to issue a 1,000-yen silver coin as follows:
| Design |
(Obverse)  Logo of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, |
(Reverse)  Logo of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan |
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| Face value | 1,000 yen | |
| Material | Silver | |
| Quality | Pure silver | |
| Weight | 31.1 g | |
| Diameter | 40 mm | |
| Colors | White, gray, black, sky blue, blue, red, brown, yellow-green, and green |
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| Other features | Iridescent color shining technology, helical ridges, etc. | |
| Number of coins to be issued |
50,000 |
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| Application period (estimated shipment date) |
About three weeks from August 8, 2023 (From around late November 2023) |
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| Sales price (including tax) |
13,800 yen |
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Note 1. Since this coin uses precious metal and is crafted with special technologies, the cost of manufacturing them exceeds its face value.
Note 2. See the attached reference(PDF:287KB)
for the details of the design.
Note 3. The commemorative coin will only be available through mail order to the Japan Mint, and will not be available to be exchanged at financial institutions, etc.
«Contact information on purchase/ordering procedures»
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The sales information, including ordering procedures, will be announced on the Japan Mint website（https://www.mint.go.jp/） after 5:00 pm on August 7, 2023.
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Contact for inquiries on application procedures (available from 5:00 pm on August 7, 2023) at:
Japan Mint Support Dial
Telephone: 050-3615-6332 (available from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm; operating 365 days a year)
All inquiries regarding this release should be addressed to:
Currency Planning Section, Office of Currency Matters,
Treasury Division, Financial Bureau
TEL: 03-3581-4111 (operator)