Japanese One Sen Baked Clay?

Here are a couple of links which will provide you with a little more information:-

http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/wo...oinid=147322

http://currencies.wikia.com/wiki/Ja...e_1_sen_coin

and here is a further link to a discussion on Coin Talk initiated by a CCF member 'gxseries':-

http://www.cointalk.com/threads/int...1-sen.45082/

Yes please post photos.

Prices are all over the place for this type of coin. I've seen it going as low as 20 dollars to more than 100 dollars.

Let me try this again...

I agree with wheatiefan, they look genuine in the pics you posted, although better pictures would help as well as weights amd diameters. Prices are everywhere for these coins too, I've seen them at coin shows here for as little as $20US to thousands of dollars for nice sets.

First, thank you all very much for your responses. I am uploading better pics, but also want to address the comments.

1. Weight: I have a scale that weighs in grams, but nothing more precise. One registered at one (1) gram, and the other didn't register at all, zero (0) grams.
2. Diameter: I don't have calipers or micrometers so I'm showing the coins against a tape measure in the pics.
3. I did not buy the coins from a skeevy fellow (LOL wheatiefan!). I got them from a storage unit auction. I know nothing of the previous owner except:
a. They must have been fairly old as there were many old artifacts in the unit, including a set of 1955 encyclopedias.
b. They were in a bag with six (6) other coins, eight (8) coins total. One of my pics are the other 6 coins, but I didn't think they seemed to be worth much, so I didn't include them in my original post. If I'm going to call in a favor (via question), I'm not wasting it.

It never occurred to me (until the responses mentioned it) the coins might be counterfeit. However, I am NOT in the business of peddling counterfeit goods, so my question is, where can I have the authenticity verified? (I am in Cleveland, OH).

Here are what I hope you all think are better pics. Again, I have two of these. One looks to me to be "brand new", it almost has some shiny area to it. The other looks a little "dirty". Not sure if it was next to the other coins in the bags for years that makes it look that way.

I need to optimize the images then post them, so will need a little bit of time.



Additional thoughts/comments are both welcome and appreciated!

Optimizing and posting these images is a real pain, although it may partially be operator error. If you want more pics, will you give me your email address (even if you make a fake one) and I will send them there?

Thanks,
Dawn

Thanks again for all of your help. Based on what you've told me, I listed them both (together) on ebay starting @ $25.00.

If you are interested you can find them by:

Item number-161103006411
Seller: jdelash

Thanks,
Dawn