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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 12112920, member: 71642&quot;]This one is a treasure.&nbsp; The Dr. Jacobs collection sold at Heritage several years ago and I was not in a place in my collecting life where I was in a position to be bidding, still on active duty and living overseas (in Spain at that point).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Later I was able to obtain an example of this coin raw in a Japanese auction--a very unusual date for the type as they were supposed to not be released.&nbsp; I got mine in a slab with NGC, but still have the JNDA certificate attached.&nbsp; Eventually a collector friend who did bid/win on several lots offered this example to me.&nbsp; A point &#039;upgrade&#039; which wasn&#039;t the relevant part, but I truly did want at least one with this pedigree.&nbsp; Interestingly I have seen a couple more nicer specimens coming out and at auction but I would never trade for the grade on this one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, Dr. Jacobs was a young Army officer in post-war Japan, who was a collector at heart.&nbsp; He, with a few others, saved a huge amount of Japanese numismatic history from the melting pots.&nbsp; Later he co-wrote an early English language book which was one of the very first references I collected.&nbsp; It&#039;s still on the short list of books to have, though there are other references one should have.&nbsp; But everyone should have a Jacobs and Vermeule!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1527366[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There Heritage auction:</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-showa-brass-50-sen-year-22-1947-/a/3015-24342.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-showa-brass-50-sen-year-22-1947-/a/3015-24342.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-showa-brass-50-sen-year-22-1947-/a/3015-24342.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Coinworld article regarding the sale:</p><p><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/jacobs-collection-stuns-nets-6-8-million.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/jacobs-collection-stuns-nets-6-8-million.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/jacobs-collection-stuns-nets-6-8-million.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the book he co-authored (more than one edition and random google search to pull it up):</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30188578854&amp;cm_sp=SEARCHREC-_-WIDGET-L-_-BDP-R&amp;searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Djapanese%2Bcoinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30188578854&amp;cm_sp=SEARCHREC-_-WIDGET-L-_-BDP-R&amp;searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Djapanese%2Bcoinage" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30188578854&amp;cm_sp=SEARCHREC-_-WIDGET-L-_-BDP-R&amp;searchurl=sortby=17&amp;tn=japanese+coinage</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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