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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 26093087, member: 4373&quot;]I was thinking it maybe related to the hardship times in the US but that does not make sense. The coin that mlov posted is a 2 sen dated 1877. The other two coins in tokencatalog are 1/2 sen which is worth just a quarter of a 2 sen. I cannot make out the character that are countermarked on the 1/2 sen. For argument sake they circulated around the same time, I would be surprised that they are worth the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>Were all these coins found in the US? If so, the only logical thing that I can think of is that this could be part of the large Japanese influx to California back in 1870s. Perhaps used in Japan town back in the days?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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