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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2129869, member: 4373&quot;]This coin is actually quite interesting if you do a bit of research. </p><p><br /></p><p>Compare the Manchurian coin against this coin that was used in Japan back then: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/988925.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/902465.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As it may suggest, the waves look quite identical and so is the presentation. This is one of the signs that the Japanese were running behind the show until the official Japanese occupation in 1931. </p><p><br /></p><p>More interesting historical read can be found here: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Manchuria#Russian_and_Japanese_encroachment" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Manchuria#Russian_and_Japanese_encroachment" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Manchuria#Russian_and_Japanese_encroachment</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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