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Message:: [QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 159307, member: 5629"]I almost forgot the gold <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  Your pic is upside down for that coin.  Attached is a pic of what it should look like.  I believe Satootoko is well more the expert on Japanese coins around here, but I would have second thoughts about those coins being genuine.  The silver coin is an ichi-bu or 1 bu.  You can see that designated by the '-' meaning one at the top of the obverse, instead of a '=' meaning 2 for a ni-bu.  On the gold coin, you can tell it's a ni-bu (2 bu) because of the '=' on the left side of the coin when you turn it around.  Right now, you see the '=' on the right side of the coin (where it should be), but remember, this coin is upside down.  So when you turn it the right way, the '=' ends up on the left side (reading right-to-left japanese, you end up with bu-ni, not ni-bu). My Craig manual gives four types of nibu with the following authentications: 13x22mm, 6.5gr.13x22mm, 5.6gr.12x19mm, 3.3gr.12x19mm, 3.0gr. I would weigh and measure the nibu (gold) coin. The following pic is what the coin should look like:[/QUOTE]