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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3841 Posts	Posted 12/15/2012 6:38 pm Quite certain that these don't appear very often. First up is a square looking coin from Sendai Prefecture. Cast in iron - has an interesting Cud at the bottom. Not rare or any sort but thought the Cud makes it different. Next up is an interesting silver "coin" from Akita Prefecture, made around 1863. It's a hammered silver "plate" - thinly beaten and marked as 4 monme 6 bu. This coin did not last long as in 1870, uniform coinage appeared through the nation and in 1871, the yen is declared as the national currency. I'm certain a lot were melted down. Lastly is a gold coin - never had a gold coin from Japan and found this in a reasonable price. Struck in 1871 - it's a really tiny coin. Guess that's all for now - something different for a change? 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

aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 12/15/2012 7:01 pm Thank you for sharing with us. The coins from the Sendai Prefecture are particularly interesting with the ' Cud' at the bottom. Didn't realize how these ' Cuds' got there until I recently read an article on how these Japanese coins were manufactured. I am sure you are already aware of this technique, gxseries, but for other interest CCF members this link will explain in greater detail:- http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty...ointree.html Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2932 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 04:08 am I have a few of the Sendai coins - but the silver and gold ones are really neat 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
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21792 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 05:41 am I must firstly, say that I know NOTHING about to detect fakes of these. Krause warns that the gold coins of Japan have been faked. Report this Post to the Staff
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