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Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2874 Posts	Posted 12/18/2011 1:36 pm Hi, This was in a box of coins I got recently. It seems to be brass and 24mm in diameter. That's really all I can decern though. Any help appreciated - thanks Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff

Kefiroth Pillar of the Community United States 1431 Posts	Posted 12/18/2011 3:51 pm By matching the symbols on the coin with a list of Japanese Kanji characters on Wikipedia, then copy/pasting them into Google translate, I found out that this is a Japanese 5 Yen coin from 1948. The obverse says "5 Yen", the top of the reverse says "Japan", and the bottom says the date. Report this Post to the Staff
manymore Valued Member United States 347 Posts	Posted 12/18/2011 4:36 pm Quote: I found out that this is a Japanese 5 Yen coin from 1948. The date is 1949 (Showa 24 year). Gary Report this Post to the Staff
satxwd Valued Member United States 321 Posts	Posted 12/18/2011 5:28 pm Interesting pick up. I've not seen one like this. Cool. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 12/19/2011 02:25 am I recently picked up one of these from a scratchtray; I hadn't seen one before, either. It's a shame they didn't keep this design for the 5 yen. I think it looks better than the "tap washer" they've used since. 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
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2874 Posts	Posted 12/19/2011 02:47 am Thanks for the replies. It's a design I hadn't seen before at all. I even searched my Krause Japan and mised it!. (Must try harder :) ) My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
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