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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 476659, member: 4703&quot;]Oh how I wish you were right!</p><p><br /></p><p>The pictured coin is actually dated Meiji 9 (1876), and has a mintage of 25.817,570.&nbsp; In VF Krause values it at $3.50, compared to $75 for the Meiji 6 (1873).&nbsp; The comparable grade in the JNDA catalog is listed at ¥800 (~$8.67) versus ¥20,000 (~$21.67).</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1873 was the first year of that denomination, and there are no reliable mintage figures.&nbsp; The quoted official mintage figure includes the following year, and the relative values indicate that most of that number were dated Meiji 7.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been looking for a Meiji 6 to complete my date collection for several years, and know at least two other collectors in the same boat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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