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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 127701, member: 669&quot;]Hi Gary, and a belated&nbsp; <img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The different date simply means yours was minted at a different time than the one in your picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>That &quot;fancy bit of silver on top&quot; is simply after-mint damage, caused when someone decided to make the coin into jewelry, and chose to make it a pendant by silver soldering a loop directly to the coin, instead of fitting it into a separate bezel containing the loop.&nbsp; Coins have been made into jewelry for centuries, and at least in relatively modern times the use of a bezel is the most common method, but direct solder is not that rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently paid an expert jeweler a little more than the bullion value of an early Japanese yen to remove such a loop. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I still have a damaged coin, but it&#039;s nowhere near as bad as it was when I bought if for 10% of the catalog value for an unamaged one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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