Japan – 2010 Fukui – 47 Prefectures (10) Silver Commemorative Colored Coin in Original Mint Pack

It was not until 1976 that the first dinosaur fossil was discovered in Japan–a humerus of a sauropoda from the Lower Cretaceous period was found in the Iwate Prefecture. Afterwards, 80% of Japanese dinosaur fossils were discovered by “The First Fukui Dinosaur Excavation Project” from 1989 to 1993, and a second project held from 1995 to 1999.

The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is the only dedicated dinosaur museum in all of Japan, and is considered one of the “World’s Three Great Dinosaur Museums,” along with the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada and the Zigong Dinosaur Museum in China. The landscape in the coin s background is Tojinbo Cliff facing the Sea of Japan–that has been designated as one of Japan’s natural monuments.