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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RitaD, post: 689623, member: 20552&quot;]Wow thanks.&nbsp; I went to the site to translate the symbols and made out some, but not all of them.&nbsp; There was a photo of a coin at this site that is either exactly like mine or a slightly different date.&nbsp; I&#039;ll find it again.&nbsp; It has a hole in the center a wheat on one side of the coin.There is a photo posted by <span style="color: red">gxseries</span>, well actually 2 photos...one coin has the hole slightly off center and one is a good coin.&nbsp; Mine is centered.&nbsp; I found the symbols for 3, 10 and 8 from your site and the symbol for &quot;year&quot; and &quot;japan&quot;&nbsp; There are two symbols that look like a&nbsp; top-side view of a moth.&nbsp; I think they are just decorative though.<b>Interesting Japanese 5 yen off center hole</b> </p><p>I remember going through a fair bit of Japanese 5 yen coins while I was in Japan but never have I come across a hole like this: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized %1%2 and weights %3.<img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/970901.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it might not seem to be major but considering how technical the Japan mint is as well as looking at the error coin market, Japanese error coins are quite rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>Example of a typical 5 yen coin: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Click this bar to view the small image.<img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/933869.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Interesting Japanese 5 yen off center hole</b> </p><p>I remember going through a fair bit of Japanese 5 yen coins while I was in Japan but never have I come across a hole like this: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized %1%2 and weights %3.<img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/970901.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it might not seem to be major but considering how technical the Japan mint is as well as looking at the error coin market, Japanese error coins are quite rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>Example of a typical 5 yen coin: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Click this bar to view the small image.<img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/933869.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Interesting Japanese 5 yen off center hole</b> </p><p>I remember going through a fair bit of Japanese 5 yen coins while I was in Japan but never have I come across a hole like this: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized %1%2 and weights %3.<img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/970901.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it might not seem to be major but considering how technical the Japan mint is as well as looking at the error coin market, Japanese error coins are quite rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>Example of a typical 5 yen coin: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Click this bar to view the small image.<img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/933869.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I guess it&#039;s not worth much.&nbsp; Do you want it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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