Dinosaur Expo commemorative medal.

Dinosaur Expo Commemorative Medals

Dinosaur Expo commemorative medal.

Dinosaur Expo Commemorative Medals

Commemorative medals are sometimes sold at special exhibitions like the Dinosaur Expo.

Dinosaur Expo 2023 Commemorative Medal

Dinosaur Expo 2023

This is a commemorative medal for Dinosaur Expo 2023. It features Gorgosaurus and Zuul.
This special exhibition highlighted Ankylosaurs.

Exhibition Name
Dinosaur Expo 2023
Period
March 14 (Tue) - June 18 (Sun), 2023
Venue
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
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Dinosaur Expo 2019 | Commemorative Medal
Dinosaur Expo 2019 Sumikko Gurashi Medal

Dinosaur Expo 2019 collaborated with Sumikko Gurashi.

Dinosaur Expo 2019

This is a commemorative medal for Dinosaur Expo 2019. It features Deinonychus.
The holotype specimen of Deinonychus was exhibited at this special exhibition.

Exhibition Name
Dinosaur Expo 2019
Period
July 13 (Sat) - October 14 (Mon/Holiday), 2019
Venue
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Treasures of the Natural World | Commemorative Medal

Treasures of the Natural World

Although not exclusively a dinosaur expo, about 370 world treasures selected from 80 million specimens housed in the Natural History Museum in London were exhibited for 3 months.
This is a commemorative medal featuring Archaeopteryx (The London Specimen).

Exhibition Name
Treasures of the Natural World
Period
March 18 (Sat) - June 11 (Sun), 2017
Venue
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Dinosaur Expo 2016 Commemorative Medal

Dinosaur Expo 2016

"Dinosaur Expo 2016" was held at the National Museum of Nature and Science from March to June 2016. The two major stars of carnivorous dinosaurs, Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, were exhibited.
This is a commemorative medal featuring the exhibition's main visual.

Exhibition Name
Dinosaur Expo 2016
Period
March 8 (Tue) - June 12 (Sun), 2016
Venue
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Mega Dinosaur Expo 2015 Commemorative Medal

Mega Dinosaur Expo 2015

"Mega Dinosaur Expo 2015 - Solving the Mystery of Gigantism" was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba in the summer of 2015. Many large herbivorous dinosaurs - sauropods were exhibited.
This is a commemorative medal featuring the sauropod Turiasaurus, one of the highlights of the exhibition.

Exhibition Name
Mega Dinosaur Expo 2015
Period
July 18 (Sat) - August 30 (Sun), 2015
Venue
Makuhari Messe, Chiba
The Great Dinosaur Exhibition -Amazing Gobi Desert- Commemorative Medal

The Great Dinosaur Exhibition -Amazing Gobi Desert-

"The Great Dinosaur Exhibition -Amazing Gobi Desert-" was held at the National Museum of Nature and Science. A variety of dinosaurs discovered in the Gobi Desert, such as Protoceratops, Velociraptor, Tarbosaurus, and Saurolophus, were exhibited.
This is a commemorative medal featuring Saurolophus, whose whole body skeleton was also exhibited at the Great Dinosaur Exhibition.

Exhibition Name
The Great Dinosaur Exhibition -Amazing Gobi Desert-
Period
October 26 (Sat), 2013 - February 23 (Sun), 2014
Venue
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
World's Largest Dinosaur Kingdom 2012 Commemorative Medal

World's Largest Dinosaur Kingdom 2012

"World's Largest Dinosaur Kingdom 2012" was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba in the summer of 2012. The highlight was the giant feathered dinosaur Yutyrannus, named in the same year.
The commemorative medal features a feathered Tyrannosaurus.

Exhibition Name
World's Largest Dinosaur Kingdom 2012
Period
July 21 (Sat) - September 23 (Sun), 2012
Venue
Makuhari Messe, Chiba
Dinosaur Expo 2009 Commemorative Medal (Guanlong)
Dinosaur Expo 2009 Commemorative Medal (Mamenchisaurus)

Dinosaur Expo 2009: Miracle of the Desert!!

"Dinosaur Expo 2009: Miracle of the Desert!!" was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba in the summer of 2009. The theme of this dinosaur expo was dinosaurs discovered in the desert. Many dinosaur fossils gathered from the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, and the Sahara Desert in Africa.
There were medals featuring Guanlong, the ancestor of Tyrannosaurus, and Mamenchisaurus, a Chinese sauropod.

Exhibition Name
Dinosaur Expo 2009: Miracle of the Desert!!
Period
July 18 (Sat) - September 27 (Sun), 2009
Venue
Makuhari Messe, Chiba
The Great Dinosaur Exhibition: Rulers of Gondwana Commemorative Medal Cryolophosaurus
The Great Dinosaur Exhibition: Rulers of Gondwana Commemorative Medal Mapusaurus

The Great Dinosaur Exhibition: Rulers of Gondwana

"The Great Dinosaur Exhibition: Rulers of Gondwana" was held at the National Museum of Nature and Science in 2009. The theme of this dinosaur expo was dinosaurs that lived in the Southern Hemisphere.
There were medals featuring Mapusaurus and Cryolophosaurus, which were the highlights of the exhibition.

Exhibition Name
The Great Dinosaur Exhibition: Rulers of Gondwana
Period
March 14 (Sat) - June 21 (Sun), 2009
Venue
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Dinosaur Continent Commemorative Medal

Dinosaur Continent

"Dinosaur Continent" was held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba in 2008. A total of about 200 fossil specimens, including 40 whole body skeletons, were exhibited.
Dilophosaurus, Yangchuanosaurus, Sinosauropteryx, etc. could be seen up close.

Exhibition Name
Dinosaur Continent
Period
March 20 (Thu/Holiday) - May 18 (Sun), 2008
Venue
Makuhari Messe, Chiba
World's Largest Dinosaur Expo IN OSAKA Commemorative Medal
World's Largest Dinosaur Expo IN OSAKA Commemorative Medal

World's Largest Dinosaur Expo IN OSAKA

A dinosaur expo held in Osaka in 1994. The highlight of this dinosaur expo was the exhibition of Tyrannosaurus "Black Beauty" excavated in Alberta, Canada in 1980.
Two commemorative medals depicting the skeleton of Black Beauty and Triceratops are in a plastic case.

Exhibition Name
World's Largest Dinosaur Expo IN OSAKA
Period
June 18 (Sat) - September 4 (Sun), 1994
Venue
Asia and Pacific Trade Center, Osaka

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