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zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 07:57 am Can anyone tell me anything about this token. I know it is a Japanese subway token. I have no idea when this one was used. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 07:59 am Nope, Korea 10 won from the old design series Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 08:02 am Report this Post to the Staff
zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 08:07 am There is no reverse design. I was told it was a subway token? Thanks for the help. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 08:58 am The "circles" in the characters at the bottom of the pic are very distinctively Korean; neither Japanese nor Chinese is normally written this way. The obverse has probably been worn away. 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
zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 09:10 am Thanks again sap. I do have a coin like that. It seems this one is of a different metal? I did find one in my world coin book as you have stated? Yes that is a good site. I have used it to identify a few coins. But never book marked it. Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 10:15 am hmm... should all be brass. Here's the wikipedia page. I'll remind you that there's 3 versions, a newer design with the same specifications and a newer newer design that's made of brass plated aluminum or some cheap metal like that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_...an_won#Coins And is the reverse worn away? I just saw the pic on wiki and it says the Bank of Korea **Ahhh, just kidding, there was a copper and brass version of the same design. Edited by wd1040 05/14/2009 10:15 am Report this Post to the Staff
zakota Valued Member United States 342 Posts	Posted 05/14/2009 10:42 am There is no reverse. The coin is in to good of a condition to have the reverse worn completely away as this is. The edges are round on the reverse as it was not struck. My father was mainly interested in error coins. It is as the 1794 large cent I have. He was good at spotting coins if they were worn, filed or milled off. He sold one of these coins 20 years ago for a great deal of money. He never kept any coin that did not check out correctly. That is why I am lead to believe that the 1794 was never struck. He was waiting for the correct buyer to come along. Report this Post to the Staff
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