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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 8408491, member: 4373"]I believe the Krause catalog value for any of them will be irrelevant because they are quite uncommon, the Provisional Government 1943 5 fen and Reformed Government 1940 1 Fen to be to be on the scarcer side. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Manchukuo 1943 1 jiao (old type) is quite rare and is considered to be the key to the entire Manchukuo coins. I own two but got a feeling that one of them is not genuine or both aren't. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm impressed that you've found Manchukuo 1933 1 fen and 1939 5 li. They are probably slightly easier to obtain compared to the 1933 5 li. These if I recall right were hitting closer to the 200 - 300 dollar mark and this is going back a few years ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>The last two is where I'll call them odd</p><p><br /></p><p>The Reformed Government 1940 1 fen is perhaps one of the key coins to complete the Japanese Puppet coinage. This is the very last coin that I filled and I only obtained mine this year. Price wise, the Reformed Government 1940 1 fen does command serious price however pops up more often compared to the Provisional Government 1943 5 fen. I think I've seen at least 10 different Reformed Government 1940 1 fen </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one that was sold this year</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=5705313&AucID=6485&Lot=54433&Val=aaa3ac619bd0af0d413a86beda526410" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=5705313&AucID=6485&Lot=54433&Val=aaa3ac619bd0af0d413a86beda526410" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=5705313&AucID=6485&Lot=54433&Val=aaa3ac619bd0af0d413a86beda526410</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Provisional Government 1943 5 fen on the other hand is surprisingly a lot harder to find despite what prices suggest. The first time I saw one on offer is surprisingly on eBay. Price was an absurd 2000 USD+ for MS condition. Today this might not reasonable. This price is going back easily a decade ago. I of course didn't buy it and took me more than 5 years before I had to throw a good sum for a cleaned example. Figured if I could buy a clean one and upgrade it along the years. That never happened as a better example never popped up. I probably have only seen 8 different pictures of the 1943 Provisional Government 5 fen, making this perhaps the most difficult coin to obtain out of all these and somewhat underrated value wise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 8408491, member: 4373"]I believe the Krause catalog value for any of them will be irrelevant because they are quite uncommon, the Provisional Government 1943 5 fen and Reformed Government 1940 1 Fen to be to be on the scarcer side. The Manchukuo 1943 1 jiao (old type) is quite rare and is considered to be the key to the entire Manchukuo coins. I own two but got a feeling that one of them is not genuine or both aren't. I'm impressed that you've found Manchukuo 1933 1 fen and 1939 5 li. They are probably slightly easier to obtain compared to the 1933 5 li. These if I recall right were hitting closer to the 200 - 300 dollar mark and this is going back a few years ago. The last two is where I'll call them odd The Reformed Government 1940 1 fen is perhaps one of the key coins to complete the Japanese Puppet coinage. This is the very last coin that I filled and I only obtained mine this year. Price wise, the Reformed Government 1940 1 fen does command serious price however pops up more often compared to the Provisional Government 1943 5 fen. I think I've seen at least 10 different Reformed Government 1940 1 fen Here is one that was sold this year [URL]https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=5705313&AucID=6485&Lot=54433&Val=aaa3ac619bd0af0d413a86beda526410[/URL] The Provisional Government 1943 5 fen on the other hand is surprisingly a lot harder to find despite what prices suggest. The first time I saw one on offer is surprisingly on eBay. Price was an absurd 2000 USD+ for MS condition. Today this might not reasonable. This price is going back easily a decade ago. I of course didn't buy it and took me more than 5 years before I had to throw a good sum for a cleaned example. Figured if I could buy a clean one and upgrade it along the years. That never happened as a better example never popped up. I probably have only seen 8 different pictures of the 1943 Provisional Government 5 fen, making this perhaps the most difficult coin to obtain out of all these and somewhat underrated value wise.[/QUOTE]
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