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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Reg Baraniuk, post: 3788822, member: 107876&quot;]I&#039;m not a Japanese coin expert but I am a serious coin collector, I do have the 1887 version of the same coin and have spent considerable time researching the history and have come across some very good sites.&nbsp; I would not include Wikipedia as a professional site but I happened across them by accident today and they do clearly confirm that the 1873 version of the coin in question was minted and have noted that it is &quot;rare&quot;.&nbsp; That should encourage you to not do anything rash with your coin.&nbsp; There are several other &quot;professional&quot; sites that have experience with Japanese coins and several books on the subject that provide a lot of detail regarding the provision of these coins by Japan for use in other Asian countries such as Taiwan over the Meiji period.&nbsp; Japan may well have altered them for this purpose.&nbsp; My final point to the owner of the coin is to not give it away or sell it until you have absolutely confirmed it&#039;s potential value even if that takes a considerable amount of time. It seems to me one or two of the participants on this thread have been way too eager to toss it off as a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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