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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1157807, member: 4373&quot;]No, the stamp is perfectly right and is genuine. Note Ripley used &quot; &quot; to describe the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>During 1875-77, the Japanese mint struck trade dollar coins to international standard. It was not too popular as it weighted slightly more than a typical Japanese yen and since it was meant to be made for overseas only, it soon died. A fair number of them were melted down.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While Japan tried many ways to stop coins to be exported, this still didn&#039;t stop the flow of silver Japanese yen coins to be used overseas. As such coins often came back as multiated, the mint decided to countermark coins pulled from circulation and countermark it as &quot;silver bullion&quot; - hence demonitized in Japan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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