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Interesting Clay Coin From Japan - 1945 1 Sen

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 Posted 12/19/2008  09:05 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This is one odd experimental coin that was attempted by a Japanese company as various metals were used for the second world war. This 1 sen "coin" was never released to the public as the war was pretty much coming to an end.

I have seen them up on ebay from time to time but when I do come across one, it's either I forget to bid or prices just go too absurd. This time though, I finally won it at a reasonable price that I'm happy to pay for.

Interesting-Clay-Coin-From-Japan---1945-1-Sen

It's a coin orientation btw the way. There's supposedly a medal orientation of it but I'm not going to bother finding one.

Here is some additional information but I am not too sure how to translate them:

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 Posted 12/19/2008  09:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A very interesting piece I also have this one, though I have no idea of whether it's genuine or a copy. Are there any guidlines regarding how to spot fakes of this coin?
My piece has a coin orientation as well, though the color is slightly different.
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 Posted 12/19/2008  09:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
DL20K, there are three colors available for this porcelain coin. It's either red, brown or the rarest of all I have heard is a "whitish" but I have never seen a picture of it before. These aren't too rare but they aren't too common as they used to be.
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 Posted 12/19/2008  10:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So I assume the one pictured above would be the brown one. If so, then my piece would be considered red .
How about the detail? Can it vary - some coins have good detail while the others not so?
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 Posted 12/19/2008  10:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
DL20K, this might be what a brown one looks like:

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/j...on/b94533699

Do post your coin picture if possible.
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 Posted 12/19/2008  10:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have never seen another example of this coin. Therefore, I thought that they only came in different shades of red (red-red and red-brown).

Also it looks like the amount of detail varies.

(Tomorrow I will attempt to take a photo of my piece, to show its color)
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 Posted 12/19/2008  11:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wd1040 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I can translate for you! PM me the Chinese/Japanese
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 Posted 12/19/2008  11:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
wd1040: the Japanese text doesn't appear well in this forum. It works fine on this forum though:

http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php...wtopic=22417
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 Posted 12/19/2008  8:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wd1040 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Let's see...

It's made in Saga prefecture, Arita town.

It's made by Kyowashinkou (Peaceful development) Porcelain Co. in Kyoto and also Seto Co.

60% Clay (Special from Sankansaka)
15% Granite
15% Red clay
10% other

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 Posted 12/20/2008  11:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You are awesome wd1040! Thank you!
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 Posted 12/20/2008  11:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add manila galleon trade to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
nice coin!
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 Posted 12/21/2008  12:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I like that one! I have also seen porcelain coins issued by Germany and other countries, no doubt during a shortage of metal.
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 Posted 12/21/2008  05:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Late as always , but here's my piece.

Interesting-Clay-Coin-From-Japan---1945-1-Sen

Interesting-Clay-Coin-From-Japan---1945-1-Sen
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 Posted 12/21/2008  12:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wd1040 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Do they have reeding?
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 Posted 12/21/2008  1:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No, mine has plain edge.
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 Posted 12/21/2008  1:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool DL!
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