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I have most of the 1 Yen silver coins you are after. I was living in Japan, now back in Australia, but will be in the US for the next 2 months....
Whether it's a Chinese or a Japanese coin, the chop marks were only done in China, not in Japan because there was no reason to do so. It just...
That's not "half cent", it's a half penny. Australia didn't change to decimal currency (with cents) until 1966.
In England you would say tupence ha'penny, not three halfpence because nobody in England called them "halfpence". ;)
Or perhaps tupence ha'penny
There's a lot of Japanese silver yen that are chop marked.
Alas, although I live in Japan, I'm currently in the US!!!!!
More than 1 year ago: Far left Yr M37, 10,000yen. In the last year: - 2nd from left Yr M36, 15,000yen - 2nd from right Yr M36, 20,000yen. - Far...
Left is Osaka Gin mark. Right is Tokyo Gin mark. [ATTACH]
Yes, they've gone up a lot in the last year. Previously around Tokyo, you could find high AU for 8000-10,000 yen, but those have doubled or more...
By the way, that's an Osaka mint gin countermark, as it's on the left. The Tokyo mint gin countermark is on the right... these are much less...
By the way, if these are British, the are not one cent and half cent: They are one penny and half penny. The the British system was not decimal,...
Ok, I think I may have something..... Ikegaya in Japanese is written: 池ケ谷 It means "valley pond" or similar: 池 = ike = pond, 谷 = ya = valley....
I was actually thinking about getting it graded and slabbed by NGC. I can modify the case inside to fit the slab.
Each person has their own interests, but I tend to like coins with a bit of history. Personally, I find modern world coins a bit boring, because...
Yes the photos don't show the luster clearly, but there's quite a bit. [ATTACH]
This is an interesting coin!!!! It's a Netherlands Overijssel 1733 ducaton. It is actually a shipwreck coin from the ship Vliegent Hart("Flying...
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