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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 8208, member: 669&quot;]As a strong advocate of &quot;buy the book before you buy the coin&quot;, it would be pretty foolish of me to purchase a coin like that without knowing something about it, wouldn&#039;t it<img src="http://forums.collectors.com/attachments/qmark.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My avatar is the obverse of a 1990 (actually dated Heisei 2, second year of the reign of Emperor Akihito) proof commemorative of Akihito&#039;s enthronement (Krause # Y105).&nbsp; Mine is slabbed by PCGS as a PR69 DCAM <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, and aside from the fact that PR70 is almost never seen, I have no idea why it didn&#039;t go 70 - I&#039;ve examined it under 30x magnification time and again, and found no marks, scratches, weak strikes, etc., etc., etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Face value is approximately $900 at current exchange rates.&nbsp; It&#039;s 30g of pure gold, worth about $375 at today&#039;s prices, diameter 33mm.&nbsp; Both the 2004 Krause, and the Japanese Numismatic Dealer&#039;s Association 2004 Catalog value it at approximately $1,350 in a grade equivalent to PR65.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought it raw for slightly less, and submitted it to PCGS myself.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It comprises one-half of my complete type-set of ¥100,000 coins.&nbsp; The other is a 1986 (Showa 61) MS68 Y92, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the enthronement of Emperor Hirohito, the present Emperor&#039;s father.&nbsp; That coin is only 20g of gold, 30mm diameter, worth about $250 today.&nbsp; Again Krause and the JNDA catalog agree - $1,250 in MS65.&nbsp; Mine has a couple of tiny rubs and a scratch that I need 10x magnification to see, and I agree with the 68 I got from PCGS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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