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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 204710, member: 669"]Visited a local coin show recommended by a forum member today, and picked up several additions to my modern Japanese collection. The prize was this AU/Unc 50 sen from Meiji 3 (1870), the first year of modern milled Japanese coinage. Although my scanner hasn't picked it up, it has a nice lusterous surface and a superb strike with just a hint of tarnish, and no clear evidence of cleaning (although there are scattered hairlines on some of the fields).</p><p> <img src="http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/files/6/6/9/ScanImage001.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/files/6/6/9/ScanImage002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you look closely at the denomination you can see a small thin die crack extending from the left side of the 10 character (the one that looks like a plus sign) through the crossbar and over to the center horizontal line of the 5 character. The Japanese Mint's quality control, from the very beginning, is known for its excellence, and releasing coins with die cracks or errors is much less common than is occurring with the DeadPrez dollars today. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/files/6/6/9/50sendiecrack.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 204710, member: 669"]Visited a local coin show recommended by a forum member today, and picked up several additions to my modern Japanese collection. The prize was this AU/Unc 50 sen from Meiji 3 (1870), the first year of modern milled Japanese coinage. Although my scanner hasn't picked it up, it has a nice lusterous surface and a superb strike with just a hint of tarnish, and no clear evidence of cleaning (although there are scattered hairlines on some of the fields). [IMG]http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/files/6/6/9/ScanImage001.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/files/6/6/9/ScanImage002.jpg[/IMG] If you look closely at the denomination you can see a small thin die crack extending from the left side of the 10 character (the one that looks like a plus sign) through the crossbar and over to the center horizontal line of the 5 character. The Japanese Mint's quality control, from the very beginning, is known for its excellence, and releasing coins with die cracks or errors is much less common than is occurring with the DeadPrez dollars today. ;) [CENTER] [IMG]http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/files/6/6/9/50sendiecrack.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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