Owner Comments:
Composition: Pure Silver
Face Value: 1,000 Yen
Weight: 31.1 grams
Diameter: 40.0 mm
Edge: Helical Ridges
Finish: Proof / Color Printing
Mintage: 100,000 /each prefecture
Common Reverse Design:
- Snow Crystals, Moon and Cherry Blossoms
- Latent image technology is applied to the center of the largest snow crystal to make letters of “47″ representing the number of prefectures in Japan, and “60″ representing the 60th Anniversary of Enforcement of the Local Autonomy Law appear alternately when viewed from different angles.
Summary of Okayama Prefecture
Capital City: Okayama
Population in 2010 (thousands): 1,945
Area (square km): 7,113
Okayama Coin
1000 yen silver coin
Image of Okayama design of 1,000 yen
(Obverse design: Okayama Kōrakuen Garden and Momotarō)
Okayama Korakuen Garden: Okayama Kōrakuen Garden is a Japanese garden with a path around a central pond and the current total site area is 13.3 hectares. It took 14 years for the construction by Tsuda Nagatada ordered by the domain lord of Okayama; Ikeda Tsunamasa. It is known as one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan as well as Kairakuen Garden in Mito (Ibaraki Pref.) and Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa (Ishikawa Pref.). Donated to Okayama Prefecture in 1871 and designated as the special place of scenic beauty by the Japanese government in 1952. This garden will cerebrate the 130th anniversary of the start of its opening to the public in 2014.
Momotaro: Momotarō or the Peach Boy, a popular hero from a folklore, which was read to everyone in childhood in Japan. In this folklore story, Momotarō born from a peach, wiped out ogres or demons with the followership of a dog, a monkey and a pheasant. It is said that Okayama is the Momotarō's country not only because of the local legend, but also of the peach-producing area as well as the place famous for millet dumplings, which were gifted from Momotarō to the three animals in the story.