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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2436674, member: 4373&quot;]Japanese error coins are actually VERY VERY hard to find, in particular coins struck after 1990s. To illustrate this, Japan mint does have a machine that detects defects and reject them. A video can be seen here - pretty fanciful technology. Apparently it scans about 750 coins per minute. </p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ktKB7seSw0Y[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>This machine compares freshly struck coins against designed spec. As such, if one such coin is found, it can command serious money. The video supposedly claims that a misholed coin can be found in a coin shop for around 1500 USD. But how about something that&#039;s a bit more drastic?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/03/14/misprinted-1-yen-coin-sells-for-us27500-at-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/03/14/misprinted-1-yen-coin-sells-for-us27500-at-auction/" rel="nofollow">http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/03/14/misprinted-1-yen-coin-sells-for-us27500-at-auction/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think if I have that kind of money... I&#039;ll get something more decent. But again, it does reflect on how scarce Japanese error coins are. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I do have a rotated error 1 sen coin from Meiji era - still hard to find but possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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