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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 754136, member: 4703&quot;]Most likely Chinese.&nbsp; The bottom picture&#039;s character does mean 5, in both Chinese and Japanese.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the top picture the characters at the right appear to read Year 30.&nbsp; (The diagonal line in the top character is probably a scratch on the coin, as there is no character with a stroke in that position.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Japanese reading of the characters at the left, &quot;Tai ka me&quot;, does not match up with any era of Japanese history*, but as I do not know how to read them in Chinese, I am unable to determine if there is a Chinese era match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether it is a coin, with a denomination of 5 somethings, or a token or medal, is not apparent.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>*The Taika Era lasted only 5 years - 645-650CE - so obviously there was no 30th year.&nbsp; The era was among the very earliest historical periods of Japanese history.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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