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Pillar of the Community
Japan
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Hi. Here's the coin. Is it real or fake? Thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No idea! But appeared to have good strike.
Can you weight it? Does it stick to magnet? What does Tokyo 3,000 H4/3 means written in front of the holder? (Is that the price for the coin @3,000 yen?)Or the symbol in between?
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Valued Member
Japan
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"H4/3" - probably means Heisei era year 4 month 3 ---> march 1992
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Pillar of the Community
Hong Kong
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Nice, can you give the weight and diameter. See also the edge is well or not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5839 Posts |
I'd like to visit Japan, but have no clue where I should go first?   I should ask is there a district or places collectors shop for coins? Edited by macmercury
05/28/2013 12:15 am
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Pillar of the Community
 Japan
666 Posts |
No idea! But appeared to have good strike. Can you weight it? Does it stick to magnet? What does Tokyo 3,000 H4/3 means written in front of the holder? (Is that the price for the coin @3,000 yen?)Or the symbol in between? Quote:
Nice, can you give the weight and diameter. See also the edge is well or not. It's a photo from the auction so I can only ask to measure it. Anyway it is against the law to sell fake coins here though no one I know of ever tried to enforce law regarding fake sellers on yahoo auction here. The seller of current coin is a pawn shop, having some modern chinese silver coins listed as well. Quote:
"H4/3" - probably means Heisei era year 4 month 3 ---> march 1992
then it doesn't mean anything ... but maybe it's the time the coin was bought at that price?! Quote:
I'd like to visit Japan, but have no clue where I should go first?
I should ask is there a district or places collectors shop for coins? every shop I know prices the coins too high, even higher than ebay. You might visit Otakaraya stores - these are kind of pawn shop network that are buying and selling any collectibles, PM, coins, etc. They are present throughout Japan. |
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United Kingdom
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How much are they asking ?
These coins aren't rare and there are fakes.
Personally, I wouldn't consider it unless I could see the raw coin and weigh and test it, unless it's incredibly cheap.
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Pillar of the Community
Japan
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How much are they asking ?
These coins aren't rare and there are fakes.
Personally, I wouldn't consider it unless I could see the raw coin and weigh and test it, unless it's incredibly cheap.
it is an auction the price now is about $22 with 4 hrs to go |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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In EF, genuine dollars KM quotes $55 - see http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/Wo...oinid=306456however, I often see them at near silver value. As you don't know whether it's fake or not, if it were me, I would leave it to some other sucker and buy something that you can see or at least not extensively faked. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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That coin will sell for a fair bit. Krause prices are severely outdated. Would be surprised if it goes under 100 dollars.
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Valued Member
Japan
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"Would be surprised if it goes under 100 dollars." looks like it was sold for 43  |
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Pillar of the Community
Japan
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"Would be surprised if it goes under 100 dollars."
looks like it was sold for 43
Right! P.S. one more member from Japan - that's nice! :) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If its authentic...$43 USD would be a good buy!
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Posted 05/27/2013 10:51 pm
