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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 157092, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk jnb.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your item is a Chinese fantasy piece.&nbsp; In Meiji 8 (1875), ¥10,000 would have been worth approximately US$10,000, and in .900 silver a coin of that denomination would have had to weigh 269,568g (more than 593 av. pounds, or 7,800 troy ounces,) and with a 900mm diameter would be feet thick!&nbsp; Remember, in those days coins were worth their bullion weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>870 grains is&nbsp; only a little over double the weight of a standard silver yen of that era, and since their diameter was 38.6mm, in .900 silver one the size of yours would be substantially heavier than the piece claims to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse design is similar to some early Chinese milled coins, but does not resemble any genuine Japanese coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d give odds of 8-5 and half your money back if I lose that the one Eddyk found on EBay was offered by a Chinese seller.&nbsp; If not, it was undoubtedly from the sucker who bought it from China. <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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