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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 207761, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/a096.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Gotta look closer at the pictures before IDing them.&nbsp; The one I called ¥100 is actually a Showa 63 (1988) cu-ni ¥500 (Y#87) with an obverse only slightly similar to the one I called it.&nbsp; <img src="http://bestsmileys.com/foot_in_mouth/1.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The dates on the ¥10 coins are Showa 56 (1981) on top, probably Show 54 (1979) on the bottom left and either Showa 61 or 62 (1986 or 1987) on the bottom right.&nbsp; I can&#039;t be sure I am seeing the &quot;4&quot; character on the bottom left.&nbsp; If it looks like a box with arcs in the top corners, I&#039;ve got it right.&nbsp; On the other one, I can&#039;t be sure whether the next to last character on the right has one or two horizontal lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other two coins are People&#039;s Republic of China 1 &amp; 2 fen aluminum coins,&nbsp; The fen is Y#1, issued from 1955-97, but I can&#039;t make out the date characters clearly.&nbsp; The larger one is Y#2, 1985.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a face value of about $4.25, the ¥500 is probably the most valuable coin of the bunch.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edited:</b>&nbsp; I didn&#039;t notice the closeups of the ¥10 coins originally.&nbsp; Left to right they are Showa 56, 54, and 62.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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