Chinese .999 silver bullion
Very close. It's dated Meiji 8, which is 1875 on the Western calendar.
Actually a quite understandable error. Seal script uses many more straight lines and arcs than normal Kanji, as does Korean Hangul, so if you are...
According to my Beautiful Bride, the back refers to the Yokuska First Naval District, which dates the badge to the period 1889 (when the facility...
It may be the picture quality, but I don't see a date on either side of the coin. The "年" character seems to be missing, and the only numbers are...
I'm not really into pre-Meiji provincial coinage, but I sure Love your Meiji 4 "high dot" gold yen, all 13.5mm of it! As you know, 3 years...
About as much chance as I have of walking on the moon without a space suit.
You have an example of the famous "Fat Man" 1 Yuan coin of the Republic of China, dated Republic Year 3 (1914), portraying Yuan Shi Kai, an...
I make my own albums, using 1/2" 3-ring binders, 20-pocket 2x2 pages, and printed backing sheets with all the information about the coins. At the...
Yup.
For the English one try this link. Another. And if you're a Facebook user this one might help also. For the other one I can't help you.
Gee, why am I not shocked?
Are you talking about that slight fork at the end of the center stroke? I can't see any connection between that and an underlying "2", that I see...
Thank you for your kind (and thoroughly accurate) assistance.
Let me ask a similar question. I have a yellowish-colored US coin. What is its denomination?
Actually you have translated the nengo (era name) "Taisho", applicable to Emperor Yoshihito, grandfather of the current Heisei Emperor (Akihito).
Traditionally correct, but fairly early in the Showa era the Japanese reversed the order on their coins to the current left to right orientation....
I'm not sure the problem with the reeding isn't just lighting and camera angle, but this disturbs me: Correct weight is 26.96g with an extremely...
My signature line pretty well sums up my feelings on this matter. | | | | | | | \/
Since Krause has its database divided up with NCLTs sharing a volume with fantasies, but most bullion and commems in with the circulating coins by...
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