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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 34274, member: 669&quot;]<a href="http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQsassZz240Q5f0QQsorecordsperpageZ50QQsorecordstoskipZ50QQsosortpropertyZ1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQsassZz240Q5f0QQsorecordsperpageZ50QQsorecordstoskipZ50QQsosortpropertyZ1" rel="nofollow">The first five</a> One Yen auctions - about 2/3 of the way down the page - all picture coins dated Meiji 8 (1875).&nbsp; Is it my imagination, or do they look like they all came from the same mold? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The real coins have a very narrow rim with large denticles close to the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;yen&quot; in the last auction is dated Meiji 6, and has an extremely poor copy of the &quot;gin&quot; countermark applied to many of the coins minted from 1870-97.&nbsp; The characters in the real countermark touch the edge of the circle around them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course if anyone is looking for a real bargain, be aware that <ul> <li>In Meiji 8 there were only 139,000 silver yen minted, with a Krause value starting at $2,000, and a JNDA value starting at ¥600,000 (~$5,800); and</li> <li>the Meiji 6 is unique, as the Japan Mint Bureau&#039;s records give a mintage of zero for that year.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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