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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 673413, member: 4373&quot;]The Japanese yen coin that you showed is not the right trade dollar coin used back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two different types used as trade dollar. One is the countermarked gin which was done in either Osaka or Tokyo. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one example that I googled: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Rare-1896-Japan-Yen-Silver-Dragon-Coin-Gin-Countermark_W0QQitemZ380105678957QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item588010606d&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Rare-1896-Japan-Yen-Silver-Dragon-Coin-Gin-Countermark_W0QQitemZ380105678957QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item588010606d&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Rare-1896-Japan-Yen-Silver-Dragon-Coin-Gin-Countermark_W0QQitemZ380105678957QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item588010606d&amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The real Japanese trade dollar coin was struck only for three years: 1875-1877. Here&#039;s something up for read: <a href="http://www.charm.ru/coins/misc/japanesetradedollar.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.charm.ru/coins/misc/japanesetradedollar.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.charm.ru/coins/misc/japanesetradedollar.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is my example of a terribly damaged Japanese trade dollar: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/957699.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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