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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2582023, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><b>Japan (Meiji Era): gold Nibu-Kin (2 bu), ca. 1868-1869</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">PCGS XF45, cert.#29851551. KM(C) 21d, .223 gold and .777 silver, 11 x 19 mm, 3.0 g. Ex-Clark Smith World Gold Coins, 8/20/13 (via VCoins store). Purchased raw.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I wanted something a little different and attractive (and not too pricey), so I was considering a piece of modern NCLT (non-circulating legal tender), but instead chose this cute little coin. I liked that it was exotic (and rectangular- I like square and rectangular coins, for some reason). Better yet, it was gold, albeit mostly alloyed with silver. And well below a hundred bucks, which you can't say about many older gold coins these days, even small ones. And unlike a piece of modern NCLT, it's got some historical interest, since it hearkens back to the time when Japan was changing from a feudal system under the last of the shoguns and into a more modern and industrialized society.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Box%20of%2020/Japan-Meiji-AV-Nibu-kin1868-1869-013400-frame-v2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Japan-Meiji-AV-Nibu-kin1868-1869-013400-slab-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous Links:</b></font></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29851551/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29851551/" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">PCGS cert verification page</font></a><font face="Georgia"> (w/TrueView image link)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/japan-2-bu-ni-bu-c-21d-1868-69-cuid-117908-duid-302072" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/japan-2-bu-ni-bu-c-21d-1868-69-cuid-117908-duid-302072" rel="nofollow">NGC/Krause priceguide trends</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_period" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_period" rel="nofollow">Meiji Period</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichibuban" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichibuban" rel="nofollow">Ichibuban</a> (& Nibuban- rectangular coinage)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was a past selection from my <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=876570" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=876570" rel="nofollow">"Eclectic Box of 20" collection</a>. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">It has since been sold, but I thought it would be fun to repost it anyway.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2582023, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][B]Japan (Meiji Era): gold Nibu-Kin (2 bu), ca. 1868-1869[/B] PCGS XF45, cert.#29851551. KM(C) 21d, .223 gold and .777 silver, 11 x 19 mm, 3.0 g. Ex-Clark Smith World Gold Coins, 8/20/13 (via VCoins store). Purchased raw. I wanted something a little different and attractive (and not too pricey), so I was considering a piece of modern NCLT (non-circulating legal tender), but instead chose this cute little coin. I liked that it was exotic (and rectangular- I like square and rectangular coins, for some reason). Better yet, it was gold, albeit mostly alloyed with silver. And well below a hundred bucks, which you can't say about many older gold coins these days, even small ones. And unlike a piece of modern NCLT, it's got some historical interest, since it hearkens back to the time when Japan was changing from a feudal system under the last of the shoguns and into a more modern and industrialized society. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Box%20of%2020/Japan-Meiji-AV-Nibu-kin1868-1869-013400-frame-v2.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Japan-Meiji-AV-Nibu-kin1868-1869-013400-slab-1.jpg[/IMG] [B]Miscellaneous Links:[/B][/FONT] [URL='http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29851551/'][FONT=Georgia]PCGS cert verification page[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] (w/TrueView image link) [URL='http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/japan-2-bu-ni-bu-c-21d-1868-69-cuid-117908-duid-302072']NGC/Krause priceguide trends[/URL] [B]Wikipedia links:[/B] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_period']Meiji Period[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichibuban']Ichibuban[/URL] (& Nibuban- rectangular coinage) When posted here, this coin was a past selection from my [URL='http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=876570']"Eclectic Box of 20" collection[/URL]. It has since been sold, but I thought it would be fun to repost it anyway. [/FONT][/QUOTE]
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