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History

The 500 yen coin was first minted in 1982 to replace the old 500 yen note. Soon, it became the victim of counterfeiting, as the South Korean 500 won coin could be easily modified to the exact weight of the ¥500 coin. A counterfeit is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The won (ko 원 ( sign: ₩; code: KRW) is the currency of South Korea. As the ₩500 coin was roughly one-tenth the value of the ¥500 coin, these modified coins could be used at vending machines to produce a profit. A vending machine is a machine that provides various snacks beverages and other products to consumers ^[1]

A new design was minted in 2000. Zinc was added to give it a distinctive electrical conductivity, the weight was reduced 0. Zinc (ˈzɪŋk from Zink is a Metallic Chemical element with the symbol Zn and Atomic number 30 Electrical conductivity or specific conductivity is a measure of a material's ability to conduct an Electric current. 2 grams, and a latent image was added to the zeros on the obverse. For other uses of the words gram or gramme see Gram (disambiguation. When viewed at an angle, "500円" is printed vertically in each zero. Microprinting reading "Nippon" is found on both the obverse and reverse of the coin. For the archival film processing technique that reproduces images of documents see Microform Microprinting is one of many anti- Counterfeiting ^[2]

Despite these anti-counterfeiting measures, the coin is still the target of counterfeiters in Japan. ^[3]

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