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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 495522, member: 4373&quot;]I finally completed the Korean 5 chon coin which is struck in 1905 and 1907, the other struck in 1909 is excessively rare so let&#039;s not count that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s special about this coin is that it&#039;s struck in Osaka mint in Japan as Korea was a Japanese protectorate. While this coin is supposedly common, it&#039;s somewhat getting difficult to find in a nice condition as well as in a reasonable price. Thankfully, I didn&#039;t pay the insane market price of what it&#039;s going these days. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/957843.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/905717.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I must also mention that the design of this bird (phoenix?) is well detailed and my photography skills aren&#039;t good enough to show the details: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8483/1905closeupmp5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps that&#039;s what makes the feathers of the bird really lively. </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to check out my other Korean coins from the same era: </p><p><a href="http://www.gxseries.com/numis/koreatype/koreatype.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gxseries.com/numis/koreatype/koreatype.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.gxseries.com/numis/koreatype/koreatype.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From here on, most other coins are quite challenging and will require mad patience. Would be nice to fill in the other silver coinages when I can get to it some day <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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