Compare the best Japanese yen buyback rates and exchange Japanese yen to pounds
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You receive £144.50 | Buyback rate 197.566 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £143.94 | Buyback rate 198.29 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £143.94 | Buyback rate 198.29 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £141.16 | Buyback rate 202.001 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £138.72 | Buyback rate 205.38 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £138.72 | Buyback rate 205.382 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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You receive £119.61 | Buyback rate 236.301 | Estimated postage £7.35 | Sell Now |
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It's easy to sell your leftover Japanese yen online. Use our Japanese yen buyback comparisons to find the best deal, then follow the link to the buyer's website to place your order online and lock-in your buyback rate. You'll need to decide whether to post your Japanese yen to the buyer, or try searching for a store near you so you can exchange your Japanese yen in person.
Sell by postSecurely package your Japanese yen and post it to the buyer using Royal Mail Special Delivery which is fully tracked and insured. Once the buyer has received your package they'll pay you by bank transfer within one working day.
Sell in-storeUse our store finder to search for your nearest currency exchange, then simply take your Japanese yen to the store to sell over the counter. You'll save on postage fees, but availability varies by location and you'll have fewer deals to choose from compared to selling by post.
Currency Online Group are offering the best Japanese yen buyback rate right now at 197.566. At this rate, 1 Japanese yen is worth £0.01. You'll need to place your order online to get this rate which is based on a comparison of 7 foreign exchange companies and assumes you were selling 30000 Japanese yen by post.
It can be difficult to exchange leftover Japanese yen coins. Banks and foreign exchange companies don't generally accept coins because they're expensive to process and transport, so your options for exchanging any leftover shrapnel back into pounds can be limited:
Over the past 30 days, the Japanese yen buyback rate has risen 0.39% from 197.566 on 20 Oct to 198.337 today. This means Japanese yen can be exchanged for more pounds today compared to a month ago. Right now, ¥30000 is worth approximately £151.26 which is £0.59 more than you'd have got on 20 Oct.
These are the average Japanese yen buyback rates taken from our panel of UK travel money providers at the end of each day. You can explore this further on our Japanese yen to British pound currency chart.
No, you'll get more for your Japanese yen if you sell when the Japanese yen buyback rate is low. This is due to a quirk of how British currency providers display their buyback exchange rates.
When you buy Japanese yen, the exchange rate you get is the amount of Japanese yen you'll receive for every pound that you spend, so for example a rate of 197.566 means you'd get ¥197.566 for each £1 that you spend. You can calculate the total amount of Japanese yen you'd receive for a given amount of sterling by simply multiplying the sterling amount by the exchange rate.
When it comes to selling Japanese yen, the buyback rate is expressed in terms of how many Japanese yen you'd need to sell in order to get £1, so a buyback rate of 197.566 means you'd need to sell ¥197.566 to get £1. To calculate the sterling value of a given amount of Japanese yen, you need to divide the Japanese yen amount by the buyback rate. Since you're dividing by the buyback rate, a lower buyback rate means you'd get more sterling compared to a higher buyback rate.
One Japanese yen (¥) can theoretically be subdivided into 100 sen or 1000 rin, although these denominations are no longer in circulation due to their low values and the smallest unit of currency you're likely to come across is the ¥1 coin. There are three denominations of Japanese yen banknotes in frequent circulation: ¥1000, ¥5000 and ¥10000; and six coin denominations: ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥50, ¥100 and ¥500.
The current series of Japanese yen banknotes in circulation is the 'E Series' which was introduced by the Bank of Japan in 2004. Each banknote in the series features a prominent figure from Japanese history or culture on the obverse side and iconic Japanese scenes, landmarks, or artistic motifs on the reverse side. For instance, the ¥1000 note features a portrait of Noguchi Hideyo; a renowned bacteriologist, along with a depiction of Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms on the reverse side. The ¥5000 note features a portrait of Fukuzawa Yukichi; a prominent educator, while the ¥10000 note features a portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa; a famous author and intellectual, along with various scenes depicting cultural and natural elements of Japan.
| Denomination | Sterling equivalent |
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| ¥1000 | £5.06 |
| ¥5000 | £25.31 |
| ¥10000 | £50.62 |
| Denomination | Sterling equivalent |
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| ¥1 | £0.01 |
| ¥5 | £0.03 |
| ¥10 | £0.05 |
| ¥50 | £0.25 |
| ¥100 | £0.51 |
| ¥500 | £2.53 |