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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1503511, member: 4703&quot;]Well, it&#039;s so rare that not even the Japanese Mint has an example.&nbsp; The problem is, that the Chinese fantasy meisters have minted those, but the Japan Mint didn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s dated Meiji 4 (1871), but the first year of that design was Meiji 7 (1874).&nbsp;&nbsp; Real yen coins of that design are 38.6mm, 26.96g of .900 silver, so of course they are non-magnetic.&nbsp; Chances are very high that yours would be attracted to a magnet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The light reflection on your photo of the obverse makes it impossible to tell how good a job the counterfeiter did on the calligaraphy.&nbsp; The reverse photo has some characteristics of a struck coin - relatively sharp edges to the design elements - and some characteristics of a cast coin - the grainy surface - so an in-hand examination needs to be made to determine whether it is cast or struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW it is much better form to start a new thread rather than reviving an old one to add a new subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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