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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 54503, member: 669&quot;]There weren&#039;t a whole lot of dealers with world coins this year, but I did find a few nice additions to the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meiji 4 (1868) was only the second year of modern Japanese coinage, and this .800 silver 5 sen is the earlier (and scarcer) of two varieties minted that year.&nbsp; The differences are in the number of &quot;rays&quot; and &quot;beads&quot; on the reverse, which is the side without legends.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fascinating part about this particular coin is the apparent die break affecting the character for &quot;four&quot; in the date.&nbsp; It should be a slightly trapezoidal shape with loops in the upper corners, and no line extending below the bottom of the &quot;box&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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