3 BU Japanese coins

Here are some coins from the GNA coin show that was on April 21-23.
First is a 1991 1 Yen coin

Next is a 1983 5 Yen coin

Last is a 1984 10 Yen coin

 

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I should have titled this post 3 BU grade Japanese Yen coins.

 

Nice!

 

Thanks!!!
Coins from the other side of the world are hard to get in that condition (unless it's in a mint set).

 

Nice looking coins.
The Japanese always seemed to have a feel for that.
If the 1¥ coin is anything like the ones from the mid-60's it should float if you carefully place it in water.

 

I'll have to to try that.
It's Aluminun so maybe it will work.

 

The procedure:
-- get a pan of water deep enough to to cover your hand, palm up.
-- put the coin on the tip of the index finger of your palm up hand
-- slowly place your hand into the water so that the last thing to go under is your index finger
-- surface tension should cause the coin to float off your finger

 

Thanks!!!

 

Nice ones! I have a "Toho Planning" album that I have filled completely now, and has much better coins than you can see in this old thread:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/japanese-coin-binder.256030/#post-2028911
I like the contemporary Japanese coins for the (relative) ease of building a year-set with them. I especially like the older 5 Yen coins with the Kaisho lettering.

 

Are you saying you don't like my coins?

 

I'm pretty sure he likes your coins! Check his linked thread, he has a super cool (envy inspiring) album.

I don't have many of the 'pocket change' (currently circulating) ones in a high MS state. Like you said, mostly would have to break up mint sets to get them. That said, I do have a few I collected in change in Japan.

This one is one-- it's one of a few I kept out of my change...pretty nice for a 1982 coin found in the early 2000s!

 

I am saying that I like your three coins. The "nicer coins" I was referring to are my new coins compared to my old coins in the thread I cited. Sorry for the confusion.

I have replaced a few of the coins you see in those photos with nicer examples, and now I have a full year-set.

I recently found very nice Mint State 5 Yen and 10 Yen coins dated 1957. Those were the last two "biggies" that I was looking for.

I would still like to find Mint State examples of the 1960, 61 and 62 (Showa 35, 36, 37) for the 1 Yen and 5 Yen coins. Those are hard to find in good Mint State condition, at least outside of Japan perhaps.

 

Oh, ok.
My bad.

Btw, you do have some nice coins.

 

Reminds me of the many, many times I went ashore in Japan and had coins like that as pocket change. The 5 Yen is a particularly lovely coin, I carried one on my key ring (actually a leather string back then) for several years.