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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 24557892, member: 71642&quot;]IIRC there were cheats using similar foreign coins in machines.&nbsp; But also some actual counterfeits given it was basically the highest value circulating coin.&nbsp; The new style is def. more difficult.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t updated this website in quite awhile, and currently have switched hosts so will not do so again until I get organized.&nbsp; This page doesn&#039;t add new info other than at the time I typed it up I did find some reports of actual counterfeits.&nbsp; The pix of new vs. old might be of interest to some. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the numismatic question.&nbsp; If you have some super high grade ones they sell for some premium in a slab to a collector, but for the most part they are spending money IMO. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.starcityhomer.com/500-yen.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.starcityhomer.com/500-yen.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.starcityhomer.com/500-yen.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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