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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2035534, member: 4373&quot;]I had a pretty rough year and have been sorting out what I have in my collection to get rid of the duplicates. I am cleaning out my Korean coin album and found this rather rare coin that I didn&#039;t get around to catalog.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember fighting a bitter war to complete this set and it was well worth it. Struck in Osaka Mint, this particular coin is definitely uncommon and I have only seen it appear on major auctions perhaps once a year if not less. Korean and Japanese catalog do not mention a mintage figure however Krause reckons about 5 million were minted. I think that the survival rate for this coin is lot lower than what many think. In fact, I found it is harder to find compared to the lowest mintage coin of this series 1907 1/2 chon which was estimated at 800,000. While the coin may not be in the best condition, it stands a good chance for conservation. Even harshly cleaned coin are hard to come by. That&#039;s assuming if you can even come across one for starters.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s one available at Stack&#039;s and it&#039;s going for a fair amount.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6048&amp;Lot=30066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6048&amp;Lot=30066" rel="nofollow">http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6048&amp;Lot=30066</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, let&#039;s see some photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>1906 1/2 chon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1009780.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1907 1/2 chon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1023542.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1908 1/2 chon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/940458.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1909 1/2 chon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1029236.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1910 1/2 chon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1029237.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoyed it. Please feel free to post any of these Korean coins. I&#039;ll get around to photoshop them to show them along side by side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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