A friend asked me about this coin, which he was considering buying. I said I had no idea what it is, and that the details were are strange, given...
Does anybody know what east Asian coin this is? It has the dragon from the Japanese silver 1 Yen coin (1870-1914), but it's not a Japanese 1 yen....
This was my first set of Japanese Meiji silver: [ATTACH] If I recall correctly, it was 12,000yen (about $110 USD / 93 EUR), which I thought was...
I've seen references to that shop, but I haven't been in it. I think I'll try to visit a few shops that I've haven't been to, and report back!!!!...
I was at Nakano Broadway again last weekend, and I bought a Mexican 8 Reales 1897 Libertad from the 2nd floor shop, probably around AU 55 or...
You can also find packs like this: These packs usually have 1x Meiji & 1x Taisho silver One Yen. This is M38(1905) & T3 (1914). You can't quite...
Slabbed certified coins look on the expensive side to me.
In Japan, it's not expected that anyone will steal, so you can directly handle the coins I listed above without asking, (except for the silver 1...
I haven't been to Taisei, because they are not open on weekends!!!! (so I'm working during the week!)
Updates on coins at Ginza Coins: (various worn condition, mostly XF, but a few up to maybe AU55.) - 50 sen (Meiji, M3/1870 up to M38/1905): Based...
Here are coins that I bought yesterday: (Yr17 & Yr41 on the left) And others I bought a couple of months ago (Yr37 & Yr26). I have another Yr37,...
Shops: Ginza Coins: (Follow the map from JR Yurakucho Station) It's located in a small indoor shopping arcade called "Ginza 5"...
Because of COVID, there are currently no Chinese visitors in Japan, so the prices of Meiji & Taisho 1 yen (and other) coins have dropped a bit,...
Here is what I bought at Ginza Coins last April: Yr3 1870. Yr23 1890. Yr36 1903. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I couldn't resist the Yr36, which,...
I live in Yokohama, Japan, and I frequently go to 4 coins shops, and know of two others in Tokyo. I also go to markets, where there are specific...
I'm from Australia, but currently live in Japan. The Australian 1 & 2 cent coins, and those of New Zealand and Fiji were similar, and followed a...
I live in Japan, and I tried to ship something to the US in May, and was informed that most Japanese expedited airmail shipping was suspended....
Well, I've started collecting US Morgan silver dollars. This is world/foreign coins, but I'm not American, so they are world coins to me!!! ;) So...
Here is my M41 1908. I got it at Ginza Coins for 12,000yen ($109, 97 Euro), which I thought was a good price for this low mintage coin (only...
There's a large range of silver Yen in Japan of course. It means that you can find nice example of these coins for quite reasonable prices....
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