Description:
Obverse
The dinosaur in the foreground is Fukuiraptor and the image in the background is Fukuisaurus whose fossil remains were also discovered in Fukui. Again, this dinosaur was found to be a new species of dinosaur, but unlike Fukuiraptor, it was a plant-eating dinosaur.
Reverse
Legend for 47 prefectures coin program, and ancient coin design reading "local autonomy"
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