None of these coins appear to be Japanese. Good luck.
I came across this thread and want to offer my words of encouragement. Your journey will inspire others as well. @Valentinian certainly has...
@Seattlelite86: I wouldn't call it a counterfeit. However, none of my reference books list it which troubles me. I am beginning to think it may...
@David Betts: The picture is upside down so I stood on my head to read it. o_O The Japanese lettering (Kanji) reads Tempo Tsuho. The coin was...
Welcome to this thread, Scott.
The characters read Ichi-bun. The six dots likely represent which daimyo (prefectural lord) minted the coin. I have not seen this type before....
Do you have a receipt for the ones that Stacks Bowers took? I believe several of us would like to bid on these coins when authenticated by the...
The Hartill book and the JNDA (Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association) hand book cite the Edo mint (present day Tokyo). However a few mints...
Hmm! The kanji character can be read as "tei" which can be interpreted as to decide or to be fixed. My uneducated guess is that it is a chopmark....
You can find in David Hartill's Early Japanese Coins an extensive description of these coins. As for prices, they can be anywhere between USD 20...
No luck on the books on either E-Bay or Amazon. Will search elsewhere. Many thanks for these leads though.
@Dnas: Thank you very much for posting the reference book. I will search E-Bay and Amazon for copies. Domo, John
Great seeing you at the NYINC, Cathy. I like the journey this one yen coin has taken.
Thank you very much. I will look for the website. You mentioned a book. Do you recall the title?
@gxseries: Your writeup on the chopmarks of Japanese one yen prompts me to want to do further research. I have about nine Silver One Yen coins...
Now you have really pique my interest! Chop marks from China on One yen coins? I would have never thought that. I wonder how the coins have...
Why not go over to either Ginza Coins or Taisei and ask for their opinion. Both are reputable Tokyo dealers. I bought an 1875 Trade Dollar from...
I should have introduced myself when you passed Karl Stephens table. I was too engrossed in several Canadian coins. Apologies.
I checked my Allen G. Berman "Papal Coins" reference book. These are not recognized papal coins. Both @angelo43 and @physics-fan3.14 are...
Ed: Thank you for this write-up. I have one minor pedantic observation. Sorry. You mis-named the note's denomination at the beginning. It is...
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