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The 10,000 yen coin is a denomination of the Japanese yen, and is only used for the issue of commemorative coins struck by the Japan Mint. 10,000 yen coins were first issued in the mid/late 1980s in silver but were later switched to gold. These non consecutive commemorative gold coins have been released ever since to collectors.
The first ten-thousand-dollar bills were issued as large-size paper money measuring 7.38 in (187 mm) by 3.18 in (81 mm) and portrayed Andrew Jackson.Beginning with the 1928 series, the size of the bill was reduced to the small-size variety measuring 6.14 in (156 mm) by 2.61 in (66 mm).
Donald Regan, Secretary of the Treasury and chairman of the commission, later told reporters that a gold coin could be easier to sell than medallions, because the suggested coins "could be redeemable in dollars". [18] The Mint issued gold coins for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986 ...
A Series 1934 $10,000 gold certificate depicting Salmon P. Chase, Smithsonian Institution. Gold certificates were issued by the United States Treasury as a form of representative money from 1865 to 1933. While the United States observed a gold standard, the certificates offered a more convenient way to pay in gold than the use of coins.
They also found use as a money substitute in games, similar to modern casino chips or poker chips. Thousands of different jetons exist, mostly of religious and educational designs, as well as portraits, the last of which most resemble coinage, somewhat similar to modern, non-circulation commemorative coins .
One of these coins recently sold for over $2,000 at an eBay auction. There is also a listing on eBay with a 1955 CAC Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent up for sale for $29,995, which just goes to ...
The Chile 1 peso and 5 pesos coins issued from 1992 to 2015 are eight-sided. [26] [27] So was the old circulating Malta 25 cent coin commemorating Malta's first anniversary of the republic [28] and some California gold coins. Some other countries that have issued circulating octagonal coins are the Lebanon [29] and Sierra Leone. [30]
Indian Head gold dollar from 1856, by James B. Longacre and the United States Mint (edited by Godot13) Proposed design for the Susan B. Anthony dollar , by Frank Gasparro 1804 dollar , by the United States Mint