Pls Help To Identify Japan 5 Sen 1871

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SeroX New Member Germany 18 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 2:42 pm Hello! Please help me with an identification of Japanese coin 5 Sen 1871. it is 53 rays variety, but the weight is 1,45 g. instead of 1,25 g., as well as the diameter is 15,66 mm. instead of 16,2 mm. Is it possible? My scales is very accurate, btw. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 3:28 pm Nice coin. I don't see any indication that it's a fake; perhaps the stock for the planchet was too thick? Recall that just two years prior to the striking of this coin, Japan's mint workers were making cast and hammered coinage--small anomalies are fairly common in the 1870-71 series. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 02/05/2018 5:04 pm Early Japanese coins are known to have some weight variance. I unfortunately do not have the weight of the 5 sen coin for both of my examples (missed them somehow). But yes, it just seems to be overweight for this type of coin. 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
SeroX New Member Germany 18 Posts	Posted 02/07/2018 09:43 am Thank you, Guys! Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 02/12/2018 2:59 pm References : https://www.NGCcoin.com/price-guide...duid-1449326 Report this Post to the Staff
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