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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2572126, member: 16729&quot;]No error is listed, true.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the pattern of &#039;damage&#039; on the coins is exactly the same, from what I can tell by looking at these coins.&nbsp; One telltale point is the damage pattern from 5 o&#039;clock to 10 o&#039;clock on the obverses of both coins (rice, gear, water-design side of the coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>There is indeed a similar, mirror-image damage pattern on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps they are authentic coins with a &quot;peeling lamination&quot; error, struck through something, or the damage is a result of die damage, and come from the same batch of coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that makes me think that they may be fakes is the fact that the Japan Mint had hardly EVER allowed mint-damaged coins to be released into circulation.&nbsp; Error coins from the Osaka Mint are exceedingly rare.&nbsp; Also, there is a slight &quot;bubbliness&quot; to the artifact on the reverse of the coin at 2 to 4 o&#039;clock.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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