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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 3895048, member: 56370&quot;]I just got back from visiting my company’s sister plant in Shizuoka Prefecture and was fortunate to have some time to explore Tokyo.&nbsp; I couldn’t resist visiting a couple of local coin shops while I was there.&nbsp; One, Ginza Coins, was near the main Ginza shopping district and had a fair number of high end PCGS Japanese Imperial gold and world coins, along with a nice modern selection.&nbsp; Their markup seemed a bit high which would correspond with their location.&nbsp; The other was a more local shop tucked away on the fourth floor of a difficult to find address in Shinjuku.&nbsp; I had to ask around even while using Google Maps.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn’t in the market to spend big money and mainly was looking for souvenirs.&nbsp; In addition to experiencing Japanese coin shops (unfortunately with a language barrier) I ended up with some decent deals, especially considering the shipping costs when buying similar material on EBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both shops had a lot of reasonably priced proof sets, including this 1994 for 1500 yen which isn’t bad for over 600 yen face value.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027243[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027244[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1027245[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here I paid 1500 yen for 1000 yen face for a couple 1988 commemoratives in OGP:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027246[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1027247[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1027248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And since I was traveling to Shizuoka I found a perfect souvenir for 2000 yen, from the “47 Prefectures” coin program:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1027250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1027251[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly some postwar obsolete banknotes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027252[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Not a high value haul but the memories are priceless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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