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Imasnore Valued Member Canada 360 Posts	Posted 11/01/2012 9:06 pm Here is a coin I thought was Japaness, Korean, Chinese... 27 mm, reeded edge. Maybe, I suffer from Male Spot Blindness. Can a member Identify the country of this coin as per jpegs. Report this Post to the Staff

CGCoins Pillar of the Community United States 797 Posts	Posted 11/01/2012 9:52 pm 1975 South Korea 100 Won with a mintage of 75 millions, made of Copper/Nickle Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16846 Posts	Posted 11/01/2012 9:56 pm The circles in the characters are the clue. Neither formal Chinese nor the Katakana Japanese used on Japanese coins uses circles or oval shapes in the characters. So that means this is a Korean coin. And given the lack of communist paraphernalia, it's South Korean. 100 won. 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
Imasnore Valued Member Canada 360 Posts	Posted 11/02/2012 01:38 am Korean, (I should try Kimchi- it may improve my eyesight). Thank you to both :) Report this Post to the Staff
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