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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 14051003, member: 71642&quot;]I&#039;m no expert but I stare at a lot of Japanese auctions.&nbsp; Plus I have an interesting book that is a showcase of an extensive collection of type published by a Japanese collector.&nbsp; I bought the book at the 2019 ANA going by the inscription and my vague memory--he was hanging out with Clark Smith and the booth was kitted out with a big couch IIRC but I digress.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are your pictures mirrored like [USER=86726]@mrbreeze[/USER] asked?&nbsp; Daikoku is flipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, the Daikoku looks off otherwise-- if that is the regular bun character on his tummy it&#039;s incomplete and I can&#039;t tell if it&#039;s the gembun or the bunsei style for sure.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen one that is incomplete like that.&nbsp; Though I definitely lean towards gembun. Also looks mirrored which confuses my brain trying to see if it&#039;s more of an up/down curve (it&#039;s kind of straight).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;ve not seen any that have the partial character on the belly--the head might be cut off or off center/mis-aligned but the tummy mark should have the full &#039;bun&#039; character.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Plus at 12 mm it shouldn&#039;t be so sloppy/mushy in the design.&nbsp; Plenty of room to make the hand/hammer clearer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And also agree that reverse looks more like a partial mint official signature block you would find on the gold pieces--not appropriate on bean money.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing like this reflected in my go to books--the Hartill, JNDA, The Standard Catalog of Japanese Coins (English language and akin to the JNDA though organized differently), and the Japanese collector&#039;s book I mentioned.&nbsp; The only thing I could say about the latter is it does say &#039;volume 1&#039; on the cover <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now all that said, most of what I see does not have English translations and there are plenty of interesting things that could have been played around with.&nbsp; There are also counterfeits.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely a curiosity![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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