Officials described the massive coin collection as an “extremely rare” find, ... Today, 1 yen is worth 0.65 cents in USD, less than a penny. Close-up photos show the ceramic coin, ...

Officials described the massive coin collection as an “extremely rare” find, ... Today, 1 yen is worth 0.65 cents in USD, less than a penny. Close-up photos show the ceramic coin, ...

Five-yen coins are said to offer good luck with money. In Japan, ... Experienced collectors often advise newcomers to start their collection with a lucky silver dollar.

Mark and Alan Yaffe, two brothers from Boston with a yen for coin collecting, formed National Gold Exchange Inc. barely out of school in the late 1970s.

For example, if a sum of 1,000 yen is donated in all 1-yen coins, the donor will be required to pay an additional 1,100 yen in handling charges. If the 1,000-yen donation is made in 10-yen coins ...

TOKYO -- A new 500-yen coin designed to be difficult to counterfeit began circulating Tuesday. Some 200 million coins were issued on the day and a total of 800 million are expected to be in ...