Old Asian Coin- 416. ONE YEN. 900- help to identify?

Hi. I just joined up today so I don't really know much about coins or collecting them.
I was looking through my mums drawers when I came across an old Chinese (or Japanese) coin. In Chinese, it reads, da ri ben; Ming zi er shi nian.

Here is a picture:
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Can anyone tell me anything about this? Is it real or fake? What year was it made in???
Thank you

 

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It is Japanese. not sure what year it is Ebay link: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...00&_nkw=416 one yen 900&_sacat=3391&_from=R40
yours has a counter stamp making it more interesting.
KM#A25.3 Yen- denomination. metal- .900 silver, weight- 26.9600g or .7800oz. Ruler- Mutsuhito (Meiji) yr. 19(1856)-yr.30(1897) size-38.1mm
not sure what year your coin is ?

 

Your coin is dated 1887. While this coin has a "chopmark" on it - this DOES NOT detract value from the coin. Also please do not clean the coin unless you are happy for the value to drop drastically.

This is a genuine Japanese 1 yen coin with an official countermark by Tokyo mint. More information can be found here: http://hkmal.blogspot.com/2011/06/343-japan-osaka-gin-countermaked-yen.html

I don't believe this particular coin is common especially in this condition and chopmark. This is worth way more than melt value.

 

yr.20(1887) mintage-8,275,787 I like that chop mark(more collector value added).
large size coin grade/value
F-$125.00 VF-$225.00 XF-$325.00 UNC-$1,350.00
reduced size coin 38.1mm
grade/value
F-$45.00 VF-$75.00 XF-$150.00 UNC-$850.00
guessing your coin grade is XF-AU. at least XF. just not sure what your coins size is in millimeters ???

 

oh and welcome to CT SophieStone.

 

Nice coin, and welcome to CT.