1 yen coin

smallest denomination of the Japanese yen currency
CreativeWork coin_type Q3813419
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The 1 yen coin is the smallest denomination of Japanese currency. Japan issues this coin as part of its decimalized yen monetary system.

1 yen coin

Summary

1 yen coin is a coin type[1]. It draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (coin_type category, ranking #93 of 405).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1 yen coin is the creator of Government of Japan[3].
  • 1 yen coin is in the country of Japan[4].
  • 1 yen coin's image is recorded as 1yen showa64 reverse.jpg[5].
  • 1 yen coin's image is recorded as 1yen showa64 obverse.jpg[6].
  • 1 yen coin's instance of is recorded as coin type[7].
  • 1 yen coin's depicts is recorded as Bambusoideae[8].
  • 1 yen coin's made from material is recorded as aluminium[9].
  • 1 yen coin's subclass of is recorded as coin[10].
  • 1 yen coin's Commons category is recorded as 1 yen coins[11].
  • +1955-06-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 1 yen coin[12].
  • 1 yen coin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09rxkf6[13].
  • 1 yen coin's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '一円アルミニウム貨'}[14].
  • 1 yen coin's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+1.5'}[15].
  • 1 yen coin's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+20'}[16].
  • 1 yen coin's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+1'}[17].
  • 1 yen coin's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+20'}[18].
  • 1 yen coin's thickness is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+1.5'}[19].
  • 1 yen coin's face value is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8146', 'amount': '+1'}[20].
  • 1 yen coin's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["CurrencyDenomination", {"Japan", 1, "Yen", "coin"}][21].
  • 1 yen coin's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 一円玉[22].

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Authorship and Creation

1 yen coin is the creator of Government of Japan[3].

Why It Matters

1 yen coin draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (coin_type category, ranking #93 of 405).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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