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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 5968033, member: 71642&quot;]I finally got mine from a reliable seller on eBay.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been buying from him for years, very small premium over cost and shipping.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For those interested in Japanese coins sometimes it seems buying the annual catalog is silly.&nbsp; The prices shift in a glacial fashion, and the only thing that seems to change is the cover.&nbsp; This year is meh btw IMO...it features the Olympic commems, with the mascot.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the mascot is quite kawaii in real life (so to speak) but doesn&#039;t translate to an interesting numismatic item (IMO).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, that all said, the catalog does have one feature that changes every year.&nbsp; Buried in the back will be a couple pages devoted to something a little more in depth. One year it was yen varieties, another the 50 sen.&nbsp; Not scholarly or complete, but interesting.&nbsp; And google translate is usually enough to wade through it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This year are photos of patterns, so if that is of interest to you, this might be the year to buy a new catalog. </p><p><br /></p><p>And oddly enough, the USPS (or perhaps the Japan Post) decided to check that the book rate/&#039;printed materials&#039; designation was not being abused.&nbsp; Fortunately the seller had tucked the copies (I bought 2, one for a friend) in a cardboard sleeve so no damage.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never had a package literally cut open this way.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1243944[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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