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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 19262, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://tcbcs.vip.sina.com/5/107_0706.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://tcbcs.vip.sina.com/5/107_0707.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The seller says it&#039;s been cleaned, and looking at the edges of the field by each character and design element, who am I to call him a liar? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>What he doesn&#039;t mention, are the coarse and grainy surface and the mushy detail of the dragon scales, etc. - typical characteristics of sand cast coins.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting thing is, that for Meiji 6 (1873), there are two recognized varieties, and this one is a copy of a Type I Y#24 20 sen, the significantly less expensive version.&nbsp; The Type II is missing the top line in the character at 8 o&#039;clock, and books at up to $650, while the Type I tops out at $65 in the 19th Century Krause 3rd Ed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess which country west of Korea the private auction seller is located in. <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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