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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1492861, member: 4703&quot;]The center coin is correctly oriented, the others should be rotated 180 degrees.</p><p><br /></p><p>I specialize in coins from 1867-1945, but the hole in the coin on the left appears to be larger than the holes in the other two.&nbsp; Both types are from the TenpoTsuho period (1835-70) marking the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Munro&#039;s <i>Coins of Japan</i>, published in 1904, the coin was still circulating, with a value of 8/10 of 1 sen.&nbsp; Munro also reports that the star impression on the edges of your coins indicates that they were issued late in the series&#039; life.&nbsp; Although the nominal metallic content was 78% copper, 12% lead and 10% tin, they are known to exist in brass, bronze of various compositions, and even iron.</p><p><br /></p><p>Munro said there were about 20 varieties and the current Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association catalog shows 24, all varying in virtually imperceptible forms.&nbsp; Krause shows only two versions, with the different size holes, and a comment that there are multiple varieties of the small hole type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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