Japan Mint Chooses California Company Panda America to Distribute New Coins That Are Among the Worlds Most Beautiful
Summary
The coin pictures the ancient ball game of "Kemari" being played before the Former Imperial Audience Hall at Heijo Palace in the Heijo-kyo Capital, that is celebrating its 1300th Anniversary in 2010.The Japan Mint has appointed California-based Panda America as official American distributor; for further information call 800-472-6327 or visit www.PandaAmerica.com.Japans current prefecture system was established by the Meiji government in July 1871.Nagano is surrounded by mountains which stand 3,000 meters above the sea level, called the Japan Alps, which are depicted on the coin.The fifth coin in the series features the magnificent Japanese Crested Ibis flying over Sado (Sadogashima) Island in the prefecture of Niigata.The coin pictures the ancient ball game of "Kemari" being played before the Former Imperial Audience Hall at Heijo Palace in the Heijo-kyo Capital, that is celebrating its 1300th Anniversary in 2010.It has been preserved as a national historic site and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site-and is now being reconstructed.The seventh Prefecture coin commemorates Ibaraki--a center of science and technology--located close to Tokyo.