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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;k_lee76, post: 3041993, member: 94249&quot;]I was stationed in Okinawa 4 different times.&nbsp; Something I had found out during my first time there, that many of the islanders would a few silver coins to cans full of Americans coins.&nbsp; After the war it became an American territory until 1972, when it was turned back to Japan.</p><p>So during the years as an American territory, American currency was used then until 1972, in which the Japanese yen replaced the American money.&nbsp; Also, when we stooped using silver in our coins, it was not noticed that much over there.&nbsp; I found out that many of the Okinawan&#039;s that had these coins did not realize that any coins minted before 1965 where silver.</p><p>Another shock to me, was they didn&#039;t really care.&nbsp; There is not any emphasis on keeping silver, gold or any other precious metals over there.&nbsp; So any&nbsp; Okinawan&#039;s that had the silver coins; I&#039;d explain it to them, and this ask if I could buy from them.&nbsp; Some of them just gave me the coins because they cannot use them for buying anything since they use the Japanese yen.</p><p>So if you take a trip to Okinawa, ask some of the older local people if they have American coins from the territory days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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