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Message:: [QUOTE="Collector1966, post: 1721145, member: 17919"]Here is a 1909 Japanese 10-yen gold coin that was part of the Japanese equivalent of the GSA sales of the '70s. The American occupying forces (GHQ) confiscated these gold coins after the war, and returned them to the Japanese government after Japan signed the San Francisco Treaty in 1952. A few years ago the Ministry of Finance decided to sell the gold coins that were still in its vaults. I'm not sure whether there was a mail bid auction like there was with the Carson City dollars. At any rate, a lot of these coins made their way to coin dealers, who offered (and are still offering) them to the general public. The coins come in a Ministry of Finance "slab", which is in a custom presentation case, which itself is in a white presentation box. The Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association assigned its own grades to these coins. Mine is a "Beeheen B", which I have been told is the equivalent of an MS-61 or 62. At any rate, here are some photos of the coin plus all of its packaging:[/QUOTE]