Please identify these Asian coins

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Dougmeister, Nov 14, 2013.

  1. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    Are they Chinese? How old are they, etc?

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  3. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    these look Japanese. bottom 1 is 1944 looks like a 5 sen or a 10 sen. what size in millimeters is it ? it's metal is tin-zinc. the top coin looks like 1940-1941 a 10 sen metal=aluminum it is hard to tell without knowing the size in millimeters and the other side of that coin.
     
    Last edited: Nov 15, 2013
  4. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    They're both 10 sen. That character shaped like a cross is the Chinese/Japanese character for 10. The chrysanthemum (sp?) flower is always a giveaway for Japanese coins.
     
  5. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    the bottom pic is upside down.
     
  6. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    The big ones are 21mm in diameter and very light, so aluminum? Almost 2mm in width and these have ridges along the outer edge.

    The smaller one is heavier/more 'metallic' and less 'plasticky'. It is 19mm in diameter and 1.5mm in width with no ridges.
     
  7. gxseries

    gxseries Coin Collector

    The coin at the bottom is struck in a tin-zinc alloy, hence it sounds different from any other coins that you may have handled. All other metals were used as war metals hence the choice of such 'budget' alloy.
     
  8. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    ok top coin catalog info: catalog # Y#61.1 Japan, denomination- 10 sen
    metal- aluminum, mintage 575,000,000
    not sure which year it is ???
    Yr. 15(1940)
    Yr. 16(1941)
    grade/value
    VF-$0.20 XF-$0.35 UNC-$1.50 BU-$3.00

    Bottom coin catalog info: Y#64 Japan, denomination- 10 sen
    metal- Tin-Zinc, Yr. 19(1944), mintage- 450,000,000
    grade/value
    VF-$0.20 XF-$0.35 UNC-$1.25 BU-$1.75
     
    Last edited: Nov 16, 2013
  9. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    these are cheap coins. cool to look at. the Japanese coins that really pop are the gold ones. do you have any other coins you need info on ? let me know.
     
  10. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    Nah, that's all (for now!)

    It's been 30+ years, but I *think* these were in the batch of Coins my dad brought back from WW2. He was never in Asia, so I guess GI's traded them or something.
     
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