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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 4010504, member: 4373&quot;]Something interesting to note is that the Japanese silver yen coin was meant to be a trade coin especially for use in Korea and Taiwan as they were literally Japanese colonies at that time. This is often countermarked with the &#039;gin&#039; mark - Osaka on the left and Tokyo on right. This meant that the coins are demonitized and were never meant to be returned back to Japan. </p><p><br /></p><p>In particular with the first Sino Japan, this financially drained Japan and thus the silver yen coin was demonitized in 1897. However as they are popular overseas, Japan mint continued to strike them even though they are not legal tender at home. So if you see any coins struck after 1897 and they are chopmarked and no gin countermark. These are clearly meant for overseas.</p><p><br /></p><p>That took me a lot of research and understanding why the mintage numbers are all over the place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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