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Unorthodox New Member United Kingdom 6 Posts	Posted 02/05/2008 2:40 pm Hi, I have tried my best to research this coin but with no luck. I assume it is of Meiji 3 (1870) era, but I'm unsure of the pattern etc. Any help that could be provided would be most welcome. Thanks :). EDIT:- Also if you could help with any of the following coins I would be most grateful. Edited by Unorthodox 02/05/2008 3:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Dark Sider New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 02/05/2008 11:47 pm #5 looks like a CHINA / Republic - General Issue Dollar (Yuan) Yr. 3 (1914) Y#329. There are several different varieties depending on the edge. Although the date is year 3 or 1914 these Yuan Shi-Kai Dollars were struck continuously through 1929 and wee also restruck by the Chinese Soviets. Later again in the 50's the coin was struck for use in Tibet. These large Chinese yuan are also popular with counterfeiters Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 02/06/2008 01:46 am #1 isn't a coin, it's what is known as a "temple token", from India. This page on Zeno.ru shows several kinds of Hindu temple tokens, many similar to yours. This one is the closest match. #2 I suspect has been ground down to make a "love token" or similar personal item; I believe I can see traces of engraved writing on the "blank" side. #4, also shown in the original pics, looks similar to "normal" type 1 silver yen coins, ecept the central sun has been replaced by crossed flags. I'm not aware of crossed flags like that on any Japanese coins. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Unorthodox New Member United Kingdom 6 Posts	Posted 02/06/2008 08:12 am Thank you very much for the replies so far. Your knowledge is quite outstanding. Report this Post to the Staff
Unorthodox New Member United Kingdom 6 Posts	Posted 02/06/2008 12:13 pm Just to provide some more information on the 'Japanese Yen'. The crossed flags symbolize Japan becoming IttoKoku, or a world power and were used by the army and navy. Ref: http://books.google.com/books?id=Vw...7wwDeNvZmiHA Although the coin seems of high enough quality after a little more study I'm inclined to think that it maybe a fake (see pictures). Here are some higher quality pictures of the coin: Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 02/08/2008 09:33 am Oh my god, please do not show that Meiji 3 1 yen coin. It's screaming I'm made in China, not made in Japan. Firstly those flags represent the Republic of China - it makes no sense why it's even Japanese in the first place. Secondly the details of the dragon is just too wrong. Lastly, patterns of the Japanese yen were only made in the Birmingham mint if I am not mistaken. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 02/09/2008 5:42 pm SAP's on FIRE! Report this Post to the Staff
just4fun Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 03/24/2008 7:45 pm # 3 looks to be russia. Went to https://www.(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed and has the same design. Can't find that particular year. Report this Post to the Staff
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