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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2976208, member: 71642&quot;]This may help and there are links at the bottom of the page for other sites.&nbsp; I find reading different explanations sometimes helps in working things out in my own mind.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.starcityhomer.com/reading-japanese-coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.starcityhomer.com/reading-japanese-coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.starcityhomer.com/reading-japanese-coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and once you figure out the dates, this page is a straight up listing to convert them:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~watson/ref/mtsh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~watson/ref/mtsh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~watson/ref/mtsh.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The trick sometimes is to figure out which way to read the coins--which varies depending on the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>edited to add--if you find some with a reeded edge (vs. the smooth edge), those were the first type and carry a premium.&nbsp; Otherwise, there are a few scarcities pre-1970 which are desirable in UNC, but mostly they are pocket change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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