PERFECT Japan 2019 H31 100 Yen PCGS PR70 DCAM GUARANTEED KEY DATE Beautiful Coin

Description

The coin in the photos is the one you will receive. Why is this a guaranteed key date? Low mintage. Japanese proofs are usually minted on the order of 200,000 to 500,000 coins. 2019 H31 mintages (for all denominations -- see below) will be about
one tenth of that.
At its maximum -- if the Japan mint achieved its admittedly lofty goal (See Below), the mintage will be around 50,000 proof coins for ALL denominations. 50K 1 yen H31 proofs, 50K 5 yen H31 proofs, and so on. There is no year in which this figure would not be the lowest mintage to date.
Heisei 31 marks the final year of the reign of Emperor Akihito, the son of Hirohito. On April 30
th
, 2019, The Emperor abdicated (for the first time in over 200 years) in favor of his son, then Crown-Prince Naruhito. On May 1
st
, the Reiwa era began, and
all Heisei coinage from 2019 had been produced – exclusively in mint or proof sets.
Heisei 31 Proof sets were sold out at a mintage of 30,000 in Japan by early 2019. The demand for more was so high that a public lottery was held.
The Japan mint had goals to mint 20,000 more for the lottery. However, this goal was likely not achieved. The Japan mint acknowledged it was too busy with producing 2020 OLYMPIC coinage to likely meet this goal.
Feel free to send me a message with any questions you might have.
Please take a look at my other listings as well.
Thanks for looking!