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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 7313033, member: 98035&quot;]Excellent writeup and coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I own two Ryukyu coins, both from the Satsuma period, 1850s-70s, before the islands were formally annexed into the Empire of Japan</p><p><br /></p><p>Ryukyu Tsu Ho, 100 mon, modeled after a Tempo Tsuho</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278354[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Sa&quot; on rim for Satsuma clan</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278355[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the other main one, a massive (43mm!) round cash, Ryukyu Tsuho / Han Shu, nominally worth 1/2 shu or 125 mon</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278275[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This also has the Sa validation mark, at 9:00</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278356[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is -extremely- important to only buy these if they have the correct validation mark, as both types are heavily counterfeited.</p><p><br /></p><p>The islands were returned to Japan from US control in 1972/3, and the 20th anniversary of this event is commemorated on one of my favorite modern 500 yen NCLT coins from Japan</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278276[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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