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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 171384, member: 669&quot;]It&#039;s not very smart to make a statement from memory without having recently rechecked your sources.&nbsp; The baked clay coins are believed by most authorities&nbsp; to have circulated primarily in the Osaka area, not Tokyo. <img src="http://bestsmileys.com/foot_in_mouth/1.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A coin collecting acquantance in my Beautiful Bride&#039;s home town, about 250 miles northeast of Tokyo, doesn&#039;t recall ever seeing one in that area until many years later, at a coin show.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association catalog lists the 1, 5 and 10 sen pieces as patterns, and refers to them as porcelain.&nbsp; All of the other authorities call them baked clay.&nbsp; The appearance (and feel) of my red 1 sen lacks the fine lusterous finish one would expect from porcelain, so I personally go along with the more mundane description. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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