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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1012416, member: 18320&quot;]<b>Nothing new, I&#039;m afraid...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have spent hours writing and talking...to a wide variety of folks...without any resolution to two significant questions: (1) whether or not to attempt removal of these coins from their cozy insertion in the coasters; and (2) what are the true value of the coins/coasters as artifacts of a remarkably skilled craftsman who used a name other than his given?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That fact alone tells me these are above ordinary, beyond their obvious appearance.&nbsp; Who was Ikkakusai?.&nbsp; Mr Nagata (Tomoshiro?) from Kyoto is still a mystery, though the information about a shop there devoted exclusively to his work is believed to be valid.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a teapot of his for sale on a high-end Asian Art website: solid silver, and magnificent.&nbsp; Surely there are other examples of his work in the U.S., but I&#039;ve not looked recently.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Other interests intrude, and sloth is always a factor.&nbsp; One thing is sure (though I don&#039;t entertain serious thoughts about it): with the price of silver moving as it has, there&#039;s a young fortune just in melt.&nbsp; I would have to be desperate for cash, and lotsa other stuff would go into the pot, before I&#039;d consider that extreme option...<b>Rest Easy</b>, all of you!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They don&#039;t eat, and they take up very little room...but Dad is still pestering me to resolve this outstanding issue.&nbsp; He&#039;ll be 96 in January, and I&#039;ll see him in a week.&nbsp; I hope he forgets to mention them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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