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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 97491, member: 669&quot;]I can&#039;t be certain, but I strongly doubt that it is a real coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shape is that of a Chinese/Japanese/Annamese/Korean cash coin, in a style cast for over a thousand years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The character at the left side of the top picture is a crude depiction of the Japanese character for &quot;yen&quot;.&nbsp; Why should that <i>cast</i> doubt on its authenticity<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Pun intended <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the denomination &quot;yen&quot; was created in 1867-68 (I don&#039;t recall which and my references aren&#039;t handy) when the Meiji Emperor decreed that Japan should begin striking western-style coins, and the last year in which Japanese cash coins (1 and 4 mon denominations) were cast is 1866.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other problems include <ul> <li>the irregular shape, not usually seen on cash coins as they are cast, not hammered, and the molds are round</li> <li>the characters at the sides of the bottom picture (especially the left side) resemble the Manchu characters commonly found on Chinese cash coins, which is inconsistent with the &quot;yen&quot; marking</li> <li>both sides have characters at the right and left of the hole, but none above and below it, although generally the obverse has four characters - read in sequence top, bottom, right, left - and the reverse normally has none, one (at the top), or four.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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