yen

Summary

yen is a currency^[1]. yen ranks in the top 1% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,095 views/month, #6 of 601).^[2]

Key Facts

• yen is in the country of Japan^[3].
• yen's image is recorded as 100JPY.JPG^[4].
• yen's image is recorded as JPY coin3.png^[5].
• yen's image is recorded as Pig Shaped 5 yen coin collector.jpeg^[6].
• yen's instance of is recorded as currency^[7].
• yen's main regulatory text is recorded as Act on Currency Units and Issuance of Coins^[8].
• yen's manufacturer is recorded as National Printing Bureau^[9].
• yen's manufacturer is recorded as Japan Mint^[10].
• yen's GND ID is recorded as 4330513-1^[11].
• yen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh91006335^[12].
• yen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12207613g^[13].
• yen's subclass of is recorded as yuan^[14].
• yen's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00561926^[15].
• yen's Commons category is recorded as Money of Japan^[16].
• yen's foundational text is recorded as New Currency Act^[17].
• yen's currency sign is recorded as ¥^[18].
• yen's currency sign is recorded as 円^[19].
• yen's ISO 4217 code is recorded as JPY^[20].
• yen's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 48862^[21].
• yen's central bank/issuer is recorded as Bank of Japan^[22].
• yen's start time is recorded as +1871-07-00T00:00:00Z^[23].
• yen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/088n7^[24].
• yen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese yen^[25].
• yen's Commons gallery is recorded as 日本円^[26].
• yen's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Japan^[27].

Body

Identity

yen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '円'}^[28]. yen's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'JP¥'}^[29].

Why It Matters

yen ranks in the top 1% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,095 views/month, #6 of 601).^[2] yen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] yen is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]