Colorful Scenery, Flora and Fauna of Japan

The popularity of the United States 50 / 4 of State issued 1999-2008, probably inspired by Japan launched its most ambitious series of commemorative coins in 2008 in memory of the 47 prefectures and continued the series until 2016. But while the state quarters were issued in the state of non-distributed, based on copper-nickel and issued by the millions, the largest prefecture of 40 mm. the pieces are pure silver gem quality testing, 99.9% marked, limited to 100,000 each image and local landscapes, flora and fauna, etc in the paint. The Japanese system of the prefecture was established by the Meiji government in July 1871st Although initially more than 300 prefectures, this number fell to 72 in the second half of 1871 and 47 in 1888. The law on local self-government in 1947 gave more political power to the prefectures, and installed the governors and legislatures. The prefecture of the rooms began with a commemoration of Hokkaido, the largest prefecture in Japan, an island off the coast of the northern part of the country. It is red-crowned cranes fly over Lake Toya, a volcanic lake Shikotsu-Toya National Park. The retro design has all the snow crystals set on a crescent Prefecture and cherry blossoms.

The second piece pays homage to the Kyoto Prefecture. Located in the center of the country for most of its history known as Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan. Although the capital was moved from Japan to Tokyo, Kyoto is the cultural capital of Japan. Part of the Kyoto Protocol offers designs and images that are specific to this prefecture. As such, part of Kyoto was a scene from "The Picture Scroll of the Tale of Genji" (National Treasure of Japan). The following is part of the prefecture of Shimane Prefecture in the series, which should be of particular interest to coin collectors because it is a silver coin of the 16 th century as "Otoriosame-Chogin" played ore mine Iwami Ginzan Silver City Oda in the center of Shimane, which operated a cozy 1526, 1923. In addition, the official flower of the prefecture peonies - are shown in color. Nagano Prefecture corner number four characteristics, known as a site for the 1998 Winter Olympics. Nagano mountains, 3,000 meters above sea level, surrounded the place, called the Japanese Alps, which are represented on the coin.

Fifth of the series is beautiful to fly Sado Japanese ibis (Sadogashima) Island in Niigata Prefecture. This is a show that is almost always lost before the end of last century. In 1952, the species has designated special natural monument, and in 1960 was listed as internationally protected species, but local people died. Fortunately, in 1981 a Chinese researcher has seven wild crested ibis in China's Shaanxi Province, China discovered. China has protected the population began to increase and in 1990, 25 ibis chicks were captured and a wellness center and livestock. Finally, we started to produce young, and in ten years, there were more than 130 white ibis in captivity. Therefore, the Japanese ibis seems on the mend, the total population of wild birds in captivity and more than 600 have. The program aims to introduce 60 ibises in Japan in 2015. There are currently 10 in free flight on the island of Sado, five men and five women, all equipped with GPS tracking devices.