2023 Japan Cherry Blossom 7-pc Proof Set w/Medal

Japan’s 2023 Cherry Blossom Proof Set Is Ready To Bloom In Your Collection

Each spring, Japan celebrates its cherry blossom viewing festival. Known as Sakura, it’s a time of white-and-pink cherry blossoms bursting across the county that cover the ground underneath the trees like a layer of snow. This is an incredibly important part of Japanese culture, and dates back nearly 1,000 years. The festival takes place all over Japan, with more than 1,000 locations hosting celebrations—and at many of these locations, visitors can secure special Cherry Blossom Viewing Proof sets from the Japan Mint—and now we’re making these sets available to collectors while supplies last!

Cherry Blossoms In Japanese Culture

The significance for Japan’s reverent devotion to cherry blossoms goes back several centuries. For the Japanese people, cherry blossoms represent the fragility of life—a poignant reminder that life, while very beautiful, is also tragically short. These sets contain the six circulating Japanese coins ranging in denomination from 1-Yen aluminum coin all the way up to the 500 Yen nickel-brass coin. Plus, each set also contains a colorized medal struck in 20 grams of highly pure 92.5% Sterling silver. This beautiful medal measures 35 mm in diameter and features the 2023 Blossom of the Year, the Shogetsu. The medal’s obverse features a laser-frosted satin finish that shows the blossom’s pink-and-white petals, while the reverse shows a happy young woman breathing in the fragrant smells of the Shogetsu blossoms. “Shogetsu” means “Moonlight on the pine tree” in Japanese and is also known as the Blushing Bride Flowering Cherry Tree.” Perhaps the image of the lovely young woman is of a bride dreaming about her upcoming wedding! Each set will come sealed in a leather display case that folds out to form a triangular display.

Not only are these sets incredibly attractive, but they’re darn near impossible to find. Though 15,000 sets were authorized, only 289 sets will be made available overseas. That’s just 1.9% of the total mintage! We managed to secure a number of these hard-to-find sets, so hurry and get yours now.