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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7486846, member: 102103&quot;]I think they look like normal Asian chop marks.&nbsp; Several of them are recognizable characters such as 山, 方, 元.&nbsp; Not all assayers used characters as their symbols, so I wouldn&#039;t rule them out as genuine chops because of the moon or circle marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I like chops and seek them out.&nbsp; But, they are almost always cheaper than an intact coin in the same grade, especially in the higher grades.&nbsp; That&#039;s just how the market views them.&nbsp; If chop marks did carry a substantial premium over intact coins, then we&#039;d probably start seeing an epidemic of fake chops on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, a couple of my chopped coins shown below.&nbsp; Almost all were substantially cheaper than a clean version would have been.&nbsp; You can see there&#039;s a lot of variety in the chop shapes, and not all are Chinese characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>1 Yen Meiji 20</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1 Yen Meiji 45</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1295140[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>8 Reales 1796 Mexico</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295141[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>8 Reales Mexico 1791</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295142[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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