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<p>[QUOTE="hontonai, post: 1636583, member: 4703"]Once again, it is much better to start a new thread than to resurrect an old one when inquiring about a coin you own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is dated Meiji 19 (1886). It is absolutely essential to accurately weigh and measure a heavily counterfeited coin such as yours, and to apply the magnet test as first steps in authenticating it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is yours attracted to a magnet? If, so it's fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does yours weigh 26.96g? If not, it's fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does yours measure 38.6mm across? If not, it's fake. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it has passed those tests, it's time to compare the design elements and calligraphy to known genuine examples. Although the fields do not have the typically grainy appearance of cast copies, I am concerned with the faintness of the spiral on the pearl in the dragon's claws. Based on the degree of wear shown by the rest of the coin, it should be far more distinct. I absolutely wouldn't attribute your coin as genuine without a careful in-hand examination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since it's introduction in Meiji 7 (1874), these coins have been counterfeited, so don't think that the age of yours reduces the chances that it may be a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hontonai, post: 1636583, member: 4703"]Once again, it is much better to start a new thread than to resurrect an old one when inquiring about a coin you own. Yours is dated Meiji 19 (1886). It is absolutely essential to accurately weigh and measure a heavily counterfeited coin such as yours, and to apply the magnet test as first steps in authenticating it. Is yours attracted to a magnet? If, so it's fake. Does yours weigh 26.96g? If not, it's fake. Does yours measure 38.6mm across? If not, it's fake. If it has passed those tests, it's time to compare the design elements and calligraphy to known genuine examples. Although the fields do not have the typically grainy appearance of cast copies, I am concerned with the faintness of the spiral on the pearl in the dragon's claws. Based on the degree of wear shown by the rest of the coin, it should be far more distinct. I absolutely wouldn't attribute your coin as genuine without a careful in-hand examination. Since it's introduction in Meiji 7 (1874), these coins have been counterfeited, so don't think that the age of yours reduces the chances that it may be a fake.[/QUOTE]
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