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New Member
United States
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Hi all: any help with ID of these three silver blobs with a impression of a horse stamped on one side would be appreciated.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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charlied, I moved your post to its own topic so it can get the attention it needs. Please do that next time, rather than asking in another thread. You'll get more and better answers that way  |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Hello welcome to Coin Community. It looks like a Chinese number 6 on the one side. I've been having a look, but not much avail at the moment. Can I ask where did you buy them from? They almost look like souvenirs, but I could be completely off the mark there. My thinking was with this being the year of the horse, and if I'm correct about it being Chinese then their ancient coinage looked a little different. However I may stand corrected.
Hope you enjoy it here Charlie, there's some this site has to offer. And I'd await another pair of eyes to give answer :).
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New Member
 United States
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I have been checking since my 1st post and I believe they are called Japanese Hoei Silver Mameita-Gin (Bean Money),but I cannot find an image exactly like these. These and many other coins from around the world were found in my inlaws attic after my Father in law passed away. I am finding some great stuff-- Hawaiian Kingdom coins,Lafayette-washington comemarative dollars,1885 cc morgans,a bunch of 1870 seated liberties. I've been going through them for a couple weeks and new interesting stuff pops up all the time. With the bean money was 2-3 gold Kobans from japan as well.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Ah cool thanks for the leads :), I will keep looking perhaps not in chinese currency lol. Sounds like you've found some great coinage there, are you a new collector?
I'm sorry to here about your loss, and I send my condolences to you and your family.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
477 Posts |
Edited by awallin01
03/22/2014 7:37 pm
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New Member
United States
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Yes,very new.Thank God for the internet. I couldn't imagine going to a library and flipping through stacks of books(like when I was a kid) to find out about anything.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Yeah I'm a new collector aswell about a month, it's very addictive :). You will learn so much here, as I've been. The amount resources online are amazing, and you get to be a caretaker of history :D. You have some really nice coins that you found, that's a great start to any collection. I was just looking at some 1885 cc's and they're a sort after item.
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New Member
United States
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I've got one of the '85 CC's on ebay right now to help pay for some others.It's doing quite well at the moment. *** Edited by Staff - Please Review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. *** |
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New Member
United States
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Just got the bad news from a dealer in Japan:
Dear burroughs1331,
The coin in the image sent by you, is a fake replica coin,
just have a look at the original one in the attached image.
- jpnumiz.webstore
I didn't include his picture cause he said there should be nothing on the back side of the piece, live and learn I guess.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I'd get that checked out on here, because a similar one is faked. But your one has the three little clip bits on the reverse of the coin packaging holding it. The fake ones I saw were without those. Get the guys on here to double check, because there is a similar replica that uses similar packaging to the real one.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Here is a site with some information, http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewart...-dollar-fake . Now if you look at the back of the fake the coin holder doesn't have those 3 small black bits holding the reverse of the coin. I'd definitely get it double checked on here, but I've a feeling it's alright. It's abit late here right now, but I'll help in the morning :D. |
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New Member
United States
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The Japan dealer was talking about the bean money, not the 85 Morgan. I've already checked the Morgan out enough to be sure it's good.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Oh cool, I thought you meant the Morgan. Sorry about that I was tired talking/reading lol. Did he say what type of replica's they're are? souvenirs, counterfeits?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Oh yeah I forgot to ask, what type of coinage do you plan on collecting? I collect pretty much all types of coinage :).
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New Member
United States
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I'll be going after all kinds.The stuff I inherited spans the whole world.My wife's Gfather was career us army and he collected money from all over, the problem is it's all mixed together and taking a long time to divide into proper groups. |
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Posted 03/22/2014 6:20 pm
