Japanese Token Or Coin Found In An Old Collection

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joey1daddy New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 5:28 pm Recently we got my mom's coin collection back. Most of the coins were from a friend and one of them appears to be a Japanese token or coin of some sort. Can anyone identify this? uploaded/joey1daddy/20190524_IMG_20190524_145227.jpg[/img Edited by joey1daddy 05/24/2019 7:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 6:29 pm to CCF. Please post photos using CCFs' uploader. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 6:34 pm @j1d, first welcome to CCF. Second, here is a link to the tutorial on uploading pics: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...g-images.asp I look forward to seeing what you have. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 7:11 pm Ok thanks for adding the pic. Showing the other side would be helpful, but I'm pretty sure that you have a 1 Sen struck during WWII. Here is a link to the numista page to help you confirm. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9579.html "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
JapanDude New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 7:15 pm I am not an expert on Japanese coinage, but I can read Japanese. Edit: Initially, I thought that this might be a 10 sen coin, but the attribution of a 1 sen coin above by Spence looks like a better fit to me. The key difference between 10 and 1 is that the character for 10 is a cross, whereas the character for 1 is a straight line. (It's like roman numerals turned on their side.) Edited by JapanDude 05/24/2019 7:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
joey1daddy New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 7:20 pm @Spence That's it! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 7:24 pm Glad to help! It is a nice coin @j1d, but I'm concerned about the degradation of the zinc. Especially if you live in an area that gets humid in the summer, I'd strongly recommend against keeping it loose like it is now. The coin isn't worth a ton, but zinc rot will only further degrade the value. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188001 Posts	Posted 05/24/2019 11:27 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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