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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 8402, member: 669&quot;]Are Doug and I the only ones here who realize that there have been wonderful coins minted <b>outside</b> of North America<img src="http://forums.collectors.com/attachments/qmark.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the first thing I would do with Bill Gates&#039; money would be to compile a complete type collection of Oban Kin (large ink-signed gold pieces) from Tensho-Hishi times (1573-1591) through to the much smaller piece from the <a href="http://groups.msn.com/CoinsCurrency/predecimalizationjapanesecoin.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&amp;PhotoID=160" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://groups.msn.com/CoinsCurrency/predecimalizationjapanesecoin.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&amp;PhotoID=160" rel="nofollow">Man-En</a> period (1868-70) just after the end of the Shogunate, on the eve of modern Japanese coin production.&nbsp; That&#039;s 23 pieces, valued between $900, and $1-million+ each!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If that didn&#039;t blow the budget, I could probably think of something else. <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/authorsicons/eyescan.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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