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stevefrancis New Member India 12 Posts	Posted 02/24/2006 02:48 am Hello I have this Japenese coins it has the kinkakuji temple on it .I am not sure of the value of thsi coin I am not able to find any similliar picture of thsi coin on the web. Regards Steve Report this Post to the Staff

stevefrancis New Member India 12 Posts	Posted 02/24/2006 02:52 am Image: S2010058.jpg 84.5 KB Image: S2010059.jpg 79.52 KB Report this Post to the Staff
grendelfreak Valued Member Australia 281 Posts	Posted 02/24/2006 03:01 am Sorry its too blurry. Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 02/24/2006 03:38 am quote: Originally posted by stevefrancis Hello I have this Japenese coins it has the kinkakuji temple on it .I am not sure of the value of thsi coin I am not able to find any similliar picture of thsi coin on the web. Regards Steve Your photos are out of focus and it is not possible to make anything out of them....can you try again Report this Post to the Staff
tomo New Member Japan 7 Posts	Posted 02/27/2006 12:49 pm The coin is a Provisional Government of China Federal Reserve Bank fen, 5 fen or chiao. They are all aluminum and have the same design, differing only in size and the date/denomination legends. From those blurry photos it is absolutely impossible to tell either the denomination or the date. The bank was opened in Beijng (then known as Peking) by the Japanese during their World War II occupation. and issued coins during 1941-42. They are fairly common, and catalog in the 20¢-$45 range, depending on date and condition. BTW that is not the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto. It is probably a generic rendering of a Sino-Japanese style pagoda of the type found on the grounds of every Chinese or Japanese Buddhist Temple. Edited by tomo 02/27/2006 12:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 02/27/2006 2:22 pm Konnichiwa Tomo.... Welcome to the Forum, as far as I am aware of, you are the first poster from Japan. Japan has a fabulous coinage system and there is so much we can learn from you and your friends. Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 02/27/2006 3:43 pm Wow Tomo! I'm impressed that you were able to recognize that much from the photos. Stevefrancis, please post clearer pics if you can. I'd love to see the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 03/01/2006 11:15 am Are you sure it is NOT a medal? I don't even think it's a Machu coin either - there were no coins that had a die stuck a lot smaller than the planchet itself from the second picture that I see. 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
tomo New Member Japan 7 Posts	Posted 03/02/2006 8:56 pm Provisional Government of China Y#523, Y#524, Y#525, p. 424, Krause 33d Ed. (2006). Report this Post to the Staff
thekidcollector Forum Kid Kuwait 1523 Posts	Posted 03/03/2006 04:33 am Wow Tomo! Japanese knoledge has entered our forums! We hope to learn more from you! SiaNara! TKC! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 03/03/2006 10:08 am Good call, Tomo - I couldn't pick anything from the photos. Krause reports the temple on these coins is the "Temple of Heaven". It's actually the "Altar of Prayer for Good Harvest", just part of the Temple of Heaven complex in Beijing (albeit the most scenic part). This temple is one of the more famous structures in town. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
ichirensha Pillar of the Community United States 560 Posts	Posted 03/06/2006 12:17 am While the image is blurry, it does look alot like Kinkakuji (Golden Temple), which is very beautiful and has a fascinating history. It was rebuilt after a Buddhist monk burned it to the ground because it was "too beautiful" and he was jealous. Report this Post to the Staff
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