It kind of is, but I love the 500 yen coin anyway. It's the 2nd most valuable common coin in the world (I think) after the 5 Swiss franc, (or at least it is for now as the yen continues to tank, currently worth about $3 USD whereas 10 years ago it was $4 and 15 years ago was over $6). It makes your change jar actually worth decent money (imagine if filling up a 2 liter bottle was worth a couple thousand bucks instead of a few hundred) and it's kinda fun to have a small change pouch in your pocket worth more than a hundred bucks.

Plus it's gold colored so you can collect a pile and feel like a pirate

[–] illpillow@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

The pirate argument got me.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On the flip side they also have the very low value 1 yen coin which feels like a cheap board game coin when you have it in your hand

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah but at least the lack of heft feels like the trash it is. US pennies are worth shit but want to pretend they're real coins. Also the 1 yen weighs exactly 1 g and floats on water.