10-24-2009, 08:45 PM
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My Mood:  | 1895 Yen Crown Pickup in Tokyo
As you can see, I have some spare time on my hands, this weekend. It's raining, we are couped up at home so I am doing some cleanup in my inventory, scanning and cataloging. I was recently in Tokyo, Japan, for business. I didn't have time for anything but work, except the last day, and oddly, near the hotel I was staying at, was.... a coin store. Interestingly, most of the world coins there were scrubbed clean and still sold at a premium. I asked the owner to show me a Japanese crown, uncleaned, at a reasonable price (given the painful exchange rate). He gave me this original Meiji dynasty, 1895 Yen Crown. It's an interesting design, and quite common in terms of rarity.
I would appreciate anyone who who can shed more light on the coin/era.
Thanks!
Last edited by Zohar444; 10-24-2009 at 09:47 PM.
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