Mlov43: I mostly concentrate on Meiji through Showa 20 (1945). On a very selective basis I will purchase some of the gold and silver...
mlov43 and gxseries: Ginza Coins out of Tokyo has just released (in Japanese) a brief assessment of the silver and gold coin market in Japan....
1989 was Heiwa Gannen. It was the transitional year following the end of Showa. The set is not a Japan Mint issue. GXSeries is correct it is a...
Yes, I had to look this up. You are correct gxseries. The only 100 yen was only "Gannen".
I checked my Catalog of Japanese Coins and Notes which the Japan Numismatic Dealers Association publishes. I could not find a Showa 64 Proof Set....
Which cheek was that? :rolleyes:
On the Izu Peninsula where Shimoda (where Perry stayed awaiting permission to visit Yedo and the Shogun) there were small gold and silver mines....
The imprint (inclusion) could be Daikoku the god of wealth. I am making a guess here. I checked both my David Hartwell book - Early Japanese...
When I wrote my undergraduate thesis at college I focused on Japanese monetary history. (That was well before I started collecting coins). The...
Excellent write up and great pictures. If I recall the Japanese Shogunate had serious coin exchange problems following the initial opening of...
I personally find price discovery to be difficult yet a rewarding sleuthing activity. GDJMSP is quite correct with the suggestions of...
The Japanese Mint just announced that the new "Reiwa" 500 and 100 Yen coins have been issued this past week. The Japan Times also stated that...
As always a great education and wonderful 1/2 sen.
It is not Japanese as some of these characters are not in my Japanese calligraphy book. I can read some of it though. I see the characters for...
Parthicus: Kudos for your succinct reply. I do not have David Hartill's Book on Cash Chinese coins. When I was in college, I graduated with dual...
The coin is definitely Chinese possibly Song dynasty. Many of these coins found their way to Japan and were known collectively as Bita sen. The...
Agree with TurboSnail after perusing my copy of David Hartill's Early Japanese coins. This example has a high probability of being Chinese. The...
I was in Japan when the announcement of the new era (Reiwa) occurred. The TV news carried pictures and interviews of the long lines of people...
Ed Womack: I will have to look into David Hartill's book. The one book I have used which I found rummaging through a bookstore in Los Angeles...
Welcome to the world of collecting Japanese coins! One of the better sources for Japanese coins is the catalog published by the Japan Numismatic...
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