Japan Mint to Release Detective Conan Commemorative Coin Sets

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The Japan Mint will release commemorative coin sets featuring Detective Conan, the long-running anime and manga series about a teenage detective solving crimes. The sets will include coins with imagery of protagonist Conan Edogawa and other characters from the franchise. This marks another instance of Japan's state mint leveraging popular cultural properties to create collectible currency products. Details on release dates, denominations, and pricing were not immediately specified in the announcement.