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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2066769, member: 19065&quot;]John, Here are some resources I&#039;m not sure whether you&#039;ve tried for collecting auction results and studying coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/" rel="nofollow">Coin Archives</a> may help you narrow down auction results for world coins. Example results for <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?results=100&amp;search=yen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?results=100&amp;search=yen" rel="nofollow">Japan.</a>&nbsp; I believe they have a subscription service for the Lot Viewer feature that gives you more information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you should try out (if not already doing so) <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/home.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/home.html" rel="nofollow">AC Search</a></p><p>Example for: <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=japan+meiji&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=japan+meiji&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">Japan Meiji </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the Japanese dealers have their inventory online and participate in online auctions. Others still conduct mail-order auctions. But I think most rely upon in-person sales directly at the coin shows IN Japan, and this acts like an extension of their retail shop sales. Others have very limited and very out of date or poorly maintained websites. I think given the age and indifference for e-commerce amongst the more senior dealers and collectors in Japan, that is why there&#039;s so little availability online yet IN Japan. With newer generations and younger professional dealers taking over businesses in the Japanese coin industry, I think you will find a bit more move to online operations. However, like many things in Japan, they tend to remain a bit behind what the rest of the world may be up to.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wrote this <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/japan-cointalks-dealer-directory-listings-reviews-and-more.255671/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/japan-cointalks-dealer-directory-listings-reviews-and-more.255671/">thread</a> and reviewed <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/directory/japan.320" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/directory/japan.320">some dealers</a> in Japan I have had personal experience with in order to help readers of this forum should they ever find themselves in Japan and interested in numismatic pursuits in that country. Some of the links there might be useful to look at and consider gathering their &quot;ask&quot; prices for what items you can find online. It may help your pursuit of information and to see more coins (when imaged) in order to base prices to grades, comparing how its selling in Japan currently to what you see selling in other markets.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple others I didn&#039;t review but suggest you peruse are:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.saganokosen.jp/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.saganokosen.jp/index.html" rel="nofollow">Saganokosen</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://terashimacoin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://terashimacoin.com/" rel="nofollow">Terashima coin</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.darumacoins.co.jp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.darumacoins.co.jp" rel="nofollow">Daruma coins</a></p><p><a href="http://www.shinbashistamp.co.jp/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shinbashistamp.co.jp/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.shinbashistamp.co.jp/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shinbashistamp.co.jp/" rel="nofollow">Shinbashi stamp</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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