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Alrighty 9 submissions so far....and some really REALLY cool coins and notes folks... absolutely love seeing them! Here's the point breakdown from day 1 Finn235 5 points Montcollector 3 pts Pepactonius 3 pts Spruett001 3 pts Dorado 3 pts Coopertron 3 pts Joseph420 3 pts Oriole 2 pts JBuck 1 pt It's weird.. there's a part of me that kinda wishes I did something a bit more challenging... but then again I'm soo happy with seeing the results... some aweseome coins folks... LOVE IT!  |
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Wow what is that bd251?
I love Japanese coins but am lousy at translating them.
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It's a 1989 5 yen, Heisei (Akihito) year 1. There's also a 1989 5 yen that's Showa (Hirohito) year 64. The only difference is the era/reignal year characters on the lower obverse (right side on bd251's pic).  Here's the 1989 Showa obverse:  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
11/16/2017 03:28 am
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Yes, 5 yen Heisei year 1 (1989). I actually hadn't dated this coin until last night and had a little trouble doing so. Apparently, a different character is used for the first year rather than the number one.
Given to me by my grandfather, this and a few other common Japanese coins have been in my collection since it's beginnings. My grandparents were missionaries to Japan for 40 years. My grandpa taught English at several schools and received the Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions to education in Japan.
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I know squat about these, but I do have one.   |
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The "Year 1" actually makes sense - in Japanese the character is "Gan" which means Start/Beginning. Only two emperors have used Gan on their coinage; Taisho from July-December 1912 after Meiji's death, and Heisei from Jan 8 - December 31 1989. Emperor Taisho died about a week before the end of the year, so Showa's coinage just started at year 2.
Showa 64 coins were *supposedly* made for just one week, Jan 1-7 1989 before Showa died of cancer. They are scarce, but surprisingly not rare; maybe 1/10th of the average mintage from the rest of the 80s.
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Very interesting, Finn235. Thanks!
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Well on the 3rd and final day a few late entries and the point totals are as follows:
Finn235 5 points
mysilveryears 5 points
Montcollector 3 pts
Pepactonius 3 pts
Spruett001 3 pts
Dorado 3 pts
Coopertron 3 pts
Joseph420 3 pts
bd251 3 pts
Oriole 2 pts
JBuck 1 pt
Finn takes this one as he was the first to post a BU-tiful coin! ... and on to the next challenge!
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Congrats Finn...can't wait to see what's next.  |
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In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Honored to be the host once again! I considered a nice rare ancient coin, but I'll be nice... for now  This one should be easy for a partial match but tough for an exact. Philippines Culion Leper Colony One Peso 1925 Mintage 20,000  This coin comes from the days when it was believed that lepers "contaminated" everything they touched, and needed to be quarantined and have their own money. Not actually true, so all of these coins were dumped on the collector market. Anywho: 6 points - Exact match 5 points - Any Leper Colony Peso from the US-Philippines 4 points - Any coin from the Culion Leper colony 3 points - Any Leper Colony coin from any country 2 points - Any Peso from the US-Philippines 1 point - Any US-Philippines or modern Philippine coin Let's see what the hive mind has |
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Darn don't have that one. Here is a 3 pointer though. The only Leper Colony coin I have.  I could play a bunch of 1 pointers but I'll for go it this time Edited by MontCollector
11/17/2017 01:45 am
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2 points - Any Peso from the US-Philippines
1 point - Any US-Philippines or modern Philippine coin Does that mean that anything after 1945 is 1 point? I'm not gonna win, just curious as to what I will get the most points for (1 or 2). In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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1903-S (Silver) Peso U.S. Philippines PCGS Genuine Chop Mark - VF Details   |
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