On this site, coins related to the "Pokemon Card Game" developed by Creatures and distributed by Pokemon Co., Ltd. are referred to as "Pokemon Coins".
Similar products include the Pokemon Metal Coin that came with canned juices such as Meiji Dairies' Orange 30 and Apple 30, and the Pokemon Battle Coin that was available in Bandai capsule toys, but these coins are not available on this site.
For a long time since Pokemon Coins first appeared in 1996, Pokemon Coins were never sold separately, and the official pricing was unknown.
However, on December 4, 2020, the price was revealed with the release of a capsule toy that can be purchased for 200 yen (tax included) as the "Pokemon Coin Collection".
In the current used market, prices are set based on this price.
Pokémon Coins may be distributed through events, campaigns, etc.
Pikachu coins for 2023 were bundled with paper playmats distributed at Pokemon Centers, and Pokeball coins for the same year were distributed to those who earned stamps in gym battles.
情報を見逃さなければ無料でGETできる、というのがポケモンコインの魅力の1つでもあります。 One of the charms of Pokemon Coins is that you can get them for free if you don't miss any information.
The first edition was released on December 4, 2020, and as of 2024, up to the third edition has been released.
新弾のポケモンコインコレクションが登場すると、ポケモンコインの種類が一気に増えてお祭り状態になります。 When the new Pokemon coin collection is released, the number of Pokemon coin types will increase at once and it will be like a festival.
Many Pokemon coins can be obtained on the second-hand market.
Card shops in town also carry them, but we recommend using flea market apps (services) available online.
Among them, "Mercari" has over 22 million monthly users and has a large selection of items, making it ideal for searching for the coin you are looking for.
メルカリの他にも「ラクマ」や「Yahoo!フリマ」、「ヤフオク」など様々なサービスがありますので利用しやすいところで探してみてください。 In addition to Mercari, there are a variety of other services such as Rakuma, Yahoo! Flea Market, and Yahoo Auctions, so try searching wherever you can.
The first coin, “Pokémon,” is a coin with a simple design of a Pokémon.
ピカチュウ/Pikachuアルセウス/Arceusゴウカザル＆エルレイド/Infernape and Galladeハリマロン＆フォッコ＆ケロマツ/Chespin and Fennekin and Froakie
基本的にはポケモン1匹が描かれていますが、2～3匹が一緒に絵柄になったものも数多くあります。 Basically, a single Pokémon is depicted, but there are also many designs that feature two or three Pokémon together.
The third "symbol and emblem" is a coin with an image of the icon of a villain such as Team Rocket or Team Plasma or a mark related to Pokémon.
ロケット団エンブレム/Team Rocket emblemエネルギーシンボル/Energy symbolsポケモンVシンボル/Pokémon V symbol15周年シンボル/15th Anniversary
おなじみのエンブレムやシンボルを絵柄にしているため、ポケモンを知っている人なら馴染みやすさを感じます。 The designs are based on familiar emblems and symbols, so people who know Pokémon will find them familiar.
4つ目の“ポケモン＋シンボル”は、ポケモンとシンボルが組み合わさった絵柄のコインです。
The fourth coin, “Pokémon and Symbol,” is a coin with a pattern that combines a Pokémon and a symbol.
何かを記念して作られたコインが多く、全体の中でも珍しく数はほとんどありません。 Many of the coins were made to commemorate something, and they are rare among all coins.
裏面の種類/Type of back side
日本のポケモンコインの裏面には大きくわけて6通りのパターンがあります。
There are six different patterns on the back of Japanese Pokemon coins.
デザイン/Design
詳細/Description
期間/Term
任天堂/C/G/M
1996/10～1998/07
任天堂/C/G
1998/07～1999/07
POKÉMON CARD GAME neo
2000/02～2000/07
POKÉMON CARD GAME
2001/04～2002/07
モンスターボール＋®
2003/01～2019/05
モンスターボール＋™
2019/08～
表面が同じコインを見分けるときに裏面を見る必要があり、実はかなり重要なポイントとなっています。 In order to distinguish coins with the same front side, it is necessary to look at the reverse side, which is actually a very important point.
販売元がメディアファクトリーから株式会社ポケモンに変わったことで、「C/G/M」の“M”の表記が消え「C/G」となりました。（誤植を修正したという説もあります） As the distributor changed from Media Factory to Pokemon Co., Ltd., the "M" in "C/G/M" disappeared and became "C/G". (There is also a theory that a typo has been corrected.)
“POKÉMON CARD GAME neo”が裏面に最初にデザインされたコインは「ルギア：シルバーレインボーホロ」で、2000年2月～7月まで使われました。
The first coin with “POKÉMON CARD GAME neo” designed on the back was “Lugia Silver Rainbow Holofoil” and was used from February to July 2000.
2013年5月8日にFrost Ray Theme Deckが発売され、その同梱物だった「デオキシス シルバーシーンホロ」のコインからラージサイズに変更されました。
それまでパッケージに記載していた「not for children under 3」の表記を、当時のPokémon Company Internationalが削除したかったのが理由です。
Nowadays, when we think of foreign coins, we tend to think of large size coins, but originally they were standardized to be regular size coins, which are the same as those in Japan.
The Frost Ray Theme Deck was released on May 8, 2013, and the "Deoxys Silver Sheen Holo" coin that was included with it was changed to a large size coin.
The reason for this was that Pokémon Company International at the time wanted to remove the notation "not for children under 3" that had previously appeared on the package.
レギュラーサイズとラージサイズの差はわずか4 mm程度ですが、この違いによって注意文を記載する必要がなくなるというのは興味深いです。 The difference between the regular size and large size is only about 4 mm, but it is interesting that this difference eliminates the need to include a cautionary note.
2020年6月21日にPokémon Trading Card Game Battle Academyが発売され、その同梱物だった「ピカチュウ＆リザードン＆ミュウツー シルバークラックドアイスホロ」のコインが初めてのジャンボサイズのコインとなります。
Pokémon Trading Card Game Battle Academy was released on June 21, 2020, and the "Pikachu & Charizard & Mewtwo Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil" coin that was included with it was the first jumbo-sized coin.
今ではジャンボサイズのコインが様々なセットの同梱物として付属されるようになりました。 Jumbo-sized coins are now included in various sets.
色の種類/Color type
ポケモンコインには20種類以上の色が使われています。
More than 20 different colors are used for Pokémon coins.
厳密にはもっとたくさんの色が使われていますが、細かくわけすぎるとキリがないので当サイトでは20色くらいをベースに分類しています。 Strictly speaking, there are many more colors in use, but since it would be boring if we categorized them too finely, we have categorized them based on about 20 colors on this site.
中には一枚のコインにしか採用されていないホロもあるので、そういう観点で探してみるのも楽しみ方の1つです。 Some holofoil are only used on one coin, so one way to enjoy them is to look for them from that perspective.
We do not take into account the historical background, the number of people playing the Pokémon card game, the amount of distribution, etc., and evaluate the difficulty of obtaining it on the second-hand market.
Please note that this rating is not constant and may change over time.
First of all, it was probably the first time that the origin of Pokemon coins was officially talked about, which is one reason why it had such a big impact.
The other thing is the content of the article, which says that a person named Masami Hanaoka who lives in Osaka has been carving coin molds by himself since the first Chansey coin.
If we take this sentence literally, it means that the two types of coins, Grookey from "Starter Set V Grass" and Sobble from "Starter Set V Water", are not Mr. Hanaoka's molds.
In other words, does this mean that the current Pokemon coins include coins that were not created by Mr. Hanaoka? That's a mystery.
この謎も含めて、いつか花岡将美氏に直接お会いしてインタビューしてみたい！というのが筆者の夢です。 Including this mystery, I would like to meet and interview Masami Hanaoka directly someday! That is my dream.
At the end of the article, I would like to explain how I encountered Pokemon coins, how I started collecting them, and the purpose of starting this site.
I was an elementary school student when the game software "Pokemon" and the "Pokemon Card Game" were released and became extremely popular.
As always, he was passionate about Pokemon games and Pokemon cards, and enjoyed playing against his friends at each other's homes and children's centers.
At that time, I had three types of coins: Gloom from the second Pokemon Gym "Tamamushi City Gym Erika", Alakazam from the third Pokemon Gym "Yamabuki City Gym Sabrina", and Lugia from the "Neo Starter Pack".
As time passed, I became a working adult, left my parents' home, got married, had children, and started a family.
Now that I can enjoy Pokemon with my children, my passion for Pokemon cards has been reignited.
I was filled with a nostalgic feeling when I dug up my old Pokemon cards and Pokemon coins that had been sleeping in my parents' house and reunited with them after several decades.
As I was looking at the three coins there, I suddenly wondered, "How many types of Pokemon coins are there?'" and that's when I started collecting them.
Nowadays, the internet environment and flea market apps, which were not available when I was a child, are abundant, and it has become much easier to collect items on the second-hand market.
If you do a search, you'll find tons of Pokemon coins for sale, and while they are easy to obtain, it was very difficult to verify the accuracy of the information.
Now I know all types of Japanese coins and am able to collect almost all of them.
And this experience of "It was difficult to understand the overall picture of Pokemon coins" led to the opportunity to start this site.
Volunteers have compiled and published a list and detailed information of previous Pokemon coins on the internet, but there are often no updates or missing information, so it was necessary to refer to multiple sources to organize the information.
It took me more than a year to organize that information, and I was able to complete the collection, but that know-how only exists in my head.
In particular, when I check the second-hand market on a daily basis, I find that there are many people who collect Pokemon coins, and I decided to create a Pokemon coin site as a way of expressing my gratitude for the information that has been made public by volunteers. I got an idea.
My big dream is to become "Japan's number one Pokemon coin site."
I would like to someday hear the story of Mr. Masami Hanaoka, a craftsman who makes molds, and with that in mind, I am sending out information about Pokemon coins today as well.
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