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 Posted 08/13/2012  9:04 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Delareece to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey,

I need help identifying this coin. Any information will help (country, face value, mint date, etc.).

It feels strangly light (almost like aluminum). I would weigh it, but I don't have a scale accurate to one tenth a gram. It's approx. 20 mm across.

Thanks!

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 Posted 08/13/2012  9:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Delareece to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Answered my own question. It is a 1 Yen coin from Japan. Still no idea on the mint date though :/

Edit: I think it may be a 1981 coin... can anyone confirm?
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 Posted 08/13/2012  9:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
believe date should be 1981 AD

Reading Japanese Coin Dates:
http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /countries/Japanese.htm
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 Posted 08/13/2012  9:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Delareece to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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believe date should be 1981 AD


Perfect, I didn't see your post, and that's what I got too. So, it must be right.

Thanks for the confirmation!
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Showa 55 should be 1980 if I am not wrong.
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 Posted 08/15/2012  6:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Delareece to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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should be 1980 if I am not wrong.


I don't think so. Based on the link above, the date is read left to right.

The first two symbols mean "Hirohito (Showa), 1926-1989, years 1-64".

The next two symbols mean "5 x 10".

And the next symbol means "5"

The last symbol means "year".

So really, it's read: 1926+5x10+5year.

Which turns out to be "1981 Year".
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 Posted 08/16/2012  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DCH to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1980 is correct.

1926+5x10+5 -1

1926=year 1
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1980 is correct.

1926+5x10+5 -1

1926=year 1
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