Found some Dragon Yen in my closet...

Hi guys. I am not a coin collector. But my mom and I found some Dragon Yen that we must have bought a long time ago. Now I heard guys saying my coins worth $200-6000 a piece. Thats a pretty big window. These 4 are the ones I researched thay "should" be the most collectable year right? 1985? Was just hoping someone on here could help me out with the market value. Just cant trust some of these appraisers...

 

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Top Left: 1875
Top Right: 1879
Bottom Left: 1875
Bottom Right: 1875
Source: http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5505.html

I find it odd that you have 3 of the same year with the lowest mintage...What do the other sides look like?

I am very skeptical that these are genuine.
http://www.coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=1634

 

Most people are. But do these look like replicas? Ill take a bunch of HD pics when i go home. These are the 4 that should be worth the most out of the 30 somethi g we found

 

I seen the fakes on Alibaba. The difference is night and day

 

The bottom left and right look like they could be replicas to me. I'm no expert on the series though.
These types of coins are faked a lot. Not saying yours are fakes, but it is highly suspect to have 3 of same rare date. Also, the ones you see on alibaba are not even the best fakes out there.
What are the weights on these?

 

These do not look genuine to my eyes.

 

Gotta agree, they don't look right, not enough clarity. Better pics may change something but I don't think so.

 

Then better pics you shall get. Ill be home in 8 hours. I got about 20 or 30 of these. But only the 1985s are collectable right

 

These weren't made in 1985...well the fakes may have been

 

Oops your right. I meant 1875.

 

Check them with a magnet. There is a good chance you have a bunch of silver dollar sized steel slugs.

 

With these, weight would be good to know.

 

These don't appear to be genuine One Yen crowns.

But they are beautiful coins and ALWAYS wanted to have one! I'm looking for a 1908 in at least XF+ condition (I require luster...)

If anyone has one, I'd like one. On ebay they bid for crazy high premiums even in lower grades.

Edit: how big is your hand? These should be the size of Morgan Silver Dollars. They look smaller than Kennedy halves based on the picture.

Right now, the biggest red flag I'm noticing is how tiny they are. If these are the same One Yen coins minted between the 1870's and 1910's they should be 38mm or something like that.

 

Where are the new pictures? I'm curious...

 

They're under-sized and also cast, not genuine.

 

Dont take any negative posts, to heart. The pics would be cool to see even if they are cast.

 

Well damn, can we just make up good stories then?

 

I defer to you on the creative writing