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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Doesn't look like it should- anyone know anything about it or seen it before? Maybe explain why it's what it is? This is a Japanese coin, but it should look similar to One Yuan if it was Chinese.  Edited by Albert
09/11/2016 01:52 am
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United States
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Could you show us the whole coin, or provide type information? I looked at a few coins and the Yen symbol is different/simpler.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yes here is the 1870 Japan One Yen coin with the oddball character in place of the normal character in the legend denoting "One Yen".  |
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United States
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I don't like the overall look and feel of that coin. The sheen. The way the scratches in the field seem to go behind the design. There's one scratch that seems to go between to denticles.
Looking at the symbol, I suspect it means something like "replica". Use Google Translate to convert English "product" into Chinese (Traditional) and you get "#29986;#21697;". Compare that to the top two-thirds of the symbol.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe you are right!
I translated the image by drawing it in my Chinese-English dictionary and came up with meanings like: imitate, copy, facsimile, counterfeit, mimic, etc. The denomination on this piece must mean "One Copy" or "One Replica". I'm documenting an assortment of odd pieces and now I know what comment to write down about this one. It was presented to me as a counterfeit Japan One Yen coin. It must be a tourist gift shop souvenir piece.
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Belgium
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Indeed a replica coin, one of the many many Chinese fakes
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Australia
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Actually, I don't think I've ever seen such a replica. Interesting though to be honest.
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United States
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I liked it because it's the first one that seems to actually denote being a replica. All the others I have are ordinary Chinese made fakes using the correct denomination. That's why I think this one may be some sort of honest souvenir or gift shop item.
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Japan
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It is two characters, written vertically. It means replica, like how copy would be used in the US. I added the relevant entries from a Japanese-English dictionary to your pic.  Pronounced sanko. In the usual usage, one more character is added, hin, meaning "item" to make the word sankohin. I don't think the word is used that way in China. In Chinese it has its more literal meaning of "sample." |
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