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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2675943, member: 15588&quot;]...when the slab is <i>wrong</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/meiji2902.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The slab reads &quot;M25 (1892)&quot; or &quot;Meiji Year 25&quot; which <i>should</i> look like this on the coin: </p><p>明治二十五年 (going clockwise from about 11:00 to 3:00 above)</p><p><br /></p><p>But the coin instead shows the following Kanji:</p><p>明治二十九年</p><p>Which is actually &quot;M29 (1896)&quot; or &quot;Meiji Year 29.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>In Japanese 五 = 5 and 九 = 9. </p><p><br /></p><p>The discrepancy doesn&#039;t make a huge difference in rarity, price or mintage, so it&#039;s really not a <i>big</i> deal, but I actually wanted year M29 so I purchased it. Of course I checked the coin out on NGC before buying it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first time I&#039;ve seen such a mistake on a slab, so I found it interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>And now... it really seems like a good time for a Dragon close-up:</p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/Meiji29Close.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t get enough of the Meiji dragons... despite the slabs, which are nearly always spot on accurate anyway... given the language difference, this mistake is somewhat understandable. But were it a real rarity with such a flub then some dragons may really breathe fires of fury. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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