Please Help ID Asian Coin !

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  1. kolyan760

    kolyan760 Well-Known Member

    any1 Know what this is ? size of nickel struck with Aluminum 20161020_204355-1.jpg 20161020_204401-1.jpg
     
    kolyan760, Oct 20, 2016
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  3. Parthicus

    Parthicus Well-Known Member

    Japan, 1 yen, dated Showa 30 (= 1955 AD).
     
    Parthicus, Oct 21, 2016
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  4. kolyan760

    kolyan760 Well-Known Member

    thank you ....:woot::woot:
     
    kolyan760, Oct 21, 2016
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  5. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    These three characters (ri ben guo in Chinese) mean "Japan".
    jap.JPG
     
    hotwheelsearl, Oct 21, 2016
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  6. paddyman98

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    Just a little clearer info - I want to share this image from the Numista website
    showa.JPG
     
    paddyman98, Oct 21, 2016
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  7. kolyan760

    kolyan760 Well-Known Member

    why in Chinese ??:arghh:
     
    kolyan760, Oct 21, 2016
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  8. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Japan used almost exclusively Chinese characters at that period in time. In fact, one fluent in Chinese could usuallyread about 80% of a newspaper.
    Even today there are still quite a bit of Chinese characters in the Japanese language.
     
    hotwheelsearl, Oct 21, 2016
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