新５００円硬貨、流通開始　２１年ぶりデザイン刷新

　最新の偽造防止技術を採り入れた新たな５００円硬貨の流通が１日、始まった。５００円硬貨としては１９８２年の発行開始以来３代目で、デザイン刷新は２１年ぶり。同日午前、日銀の本支店から金融機関への払い出しを開始した。
　実際の窓口での取り扱いは各金融機関によって対応が異なる。三菱ＵＦＪ銀行など大手銀行では４日以降、両替できるところが多い。
　新硬貨は２色構造の素材を採用したのが特徴。縁のギザギザや微細文字の加工などに偽造防止効果を高める技術を施した。２０２１年度は２億枚の発行を予定。これまでの５００円硬貨も引き続き使用できる。（2021/11/01-09:16）

A newly designed 500-yen coin, made with the latest anticounterfeiting technology, was put into circulation in Japan on Monday.
   The new coin is the third generation of the country's highest-valued circulating coin that was first issued in 1982. It is the first redesign for the coin in 21 years.
   The Bank of Japan began paying out the newly minted coins to financial institutions in the morning.
   The start dates of over-the-counter uses of the coin at commercial banks differ by institution, with major banks such as MUFG Bank expected to begin exchanges of money for the new coin on Thursday.
   The new coin uses materials that achieve a bicolor structure. Special technology to boost the effect of preventing forgery is used for the coin's serrated edges and fine letters.