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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 544042, member: 4703&quot;]Sorry my friend, but you have gotten some very incorrect information.&nbsp; There is absolutely zero possibility that the pictured &quot;coin&quot; is genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>The five Japanese characters on the right side, reading from right to left, are &quot;Mei Ji Ju Nana Nen&quot; - &quot;Meiji 17 Year&quot;, which was 1884.</p><p><br /></p><p>The general design was first minted in Meiji 7 (1874) in two varieties, both of which were 38.6mm in diameter.&nbsp; (The direction of the spiral in the pearl between the dragon&#039;s claws changed from counterclockwise on Y#A25 to clockwise on Y#A25a.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In Meiji 19 (1886) Y#A25.3, a 38.3mm version with an increased number of reeds was issued alongside the older version.&nbsp; Meiji 20 (1887) was the final year of Y#A25.2 and the first year of the reduced diameter Y#A25.3 at 38.1mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>With some gaps, the coin was minted each year through Meiji 45 (1912), the year of the Meiji Emperor&#039;s death.&nbsp; In Taisho 3 (1914) Y#38 was minted, identical to Y#A25.3 except for the regnal name at the beginning of the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight of 416 grains (26.9563g - rounded to 26.96 both by Krause and the JNDA in its catalog) remained unchanged throughout the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tip of the dragon&#039;s tail moved around a bit in Meiji 25 (1892), but was never located at the first spine as the pictured coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Genuine coins have a smooth rim enclosing a single row of denticles whereas the pictured coin as an irregular double row.</p><p><br /></p><p>JNDA describes a few minor varieties that Krause doesn&#039;t mention, and Krause describes an undated version that JNDA doesn&#039;t, but otherwise the two authorities are in complete agreement about this coin, and none of the generally accepted English language authorities (Munro, Jacobs &amp; Vermeulle, Cummings) mention overweight or overwide versions, or coins with any of the other discrepancies shown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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