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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1611412, member: 4703&quot;]No question about it, this piece is cast.&nbsp; Enlarge the obverse picture and the typical grainy surface shows quite easily.&nbsp; That said, not <i>all[</i> east Asian&nbsp; tokens, charms, coins, or medals are cast.&nbsp; Coining presses were introduced in Hong Kong several years before they spread to Japan in 1870, and they spread fairly rapidly after 1880.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t take that bet without some verrrrrrrry high odds![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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