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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 235655, member: 669&quot;]The main mint is in Osaka, and there is a branch mint in Tokyo.&nbsp; No mint marks are used, and they do not publicly announce individual mintage numbers.Non-Japanese buyers cannot purchase directly from the Mint.&nbsp; They have distributors in various countries (including the US) who are the only sources for commemoratives.I can&#039;t give comparative numbers, but the hobby is very popular in Japan, with about 25 pages of coin shop advertisements in the annual Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association catalogs.&nbsp; Prices for Japanese coins are on the high side.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never paid much attention to US coins in Japanese shops, but they are present in significant numbers.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know enough about values to say whether the prices are high, low, or similar to US prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>They do not generally use the Sheldon scale, and classify coins either as heavily circulated, circulated, uncirculated and outstanding, or as top, bottom and middle (rough translation of their terms).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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