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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1593818, member: 12789&quot;]I have always liked Japanese coins - my dad brought a few back from when he served in the AF there, one of the coins I still have is a 50 sen from 1897 that he to this day cannot remember where and how he got it.&nbsp; It is a half dollar sized coin in silver though.&nbsp; I really got interested in the pre-Meiji coins when I found one of the oval 100 mon coins in a coin shop when I was a kid - Japanese coins had a way of being unique - shapes, designs etc.&nbsp; Here is one I bought for my now 8 year old daughter a few years ago for a specific reason:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/japan/japanesebu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The denomination of the coin is Bu, which is also her nickname.&nbsp; It is just curious to think 150 years ago these coins were in common usage, even with square shapes and counterstamps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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