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 Oita Prefecture
Capital City: Ōita
Population in 2011 (thousands): 1,186
Area (square km): 6,339
Oita Coin
1000 yen silver coin
Image of Oita design of 1,000 yen
(Obverse design:Usa Shrine and Futabayama)
Usa Shrine:Usa shrine is the head of Hachiman-gūshrines, a series of more than forty thousand shrines in Japan. In 725, the inner shrine, Ichi–no–Goten, was founded in the same place as present. The existing inner shrines were built in the late 19th century, and were designated as National Treasures of Japan in 1952. This year, 2012, is the 60th anniversary from the designation.
Futabayama: Born in Usa, Ōita (1912∼1968). He was the 35th yokozuna, the highest rank in sumō wrestling. He achieved 69 consecutive victories from 1936 to 1939, which has been the record for more than 70 years. In 1946, at the age of 34, he retired and assumed the sumō elder's name of Tokitsukaze as a sumō coach. Later, he became a chairman of the Japan Sumō Association and made a great contribution to the development of sumō world.