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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2864472, member: 71642&quot;]Something less common that &#039;needed&#039; buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Near the end of WWII the Japanese coinage had been so far debased that the next step was turning to potteries for &#039;coin&#039; production.&nbsp; Several patterns were created in both red and white &#039;porcelain&#039; or clay, but the war ended before they were officially released.</p><p><br /></p><p>Supposedly one of the 1 sen varieties made in large quantities saw a little circulation, per Krause, and the clay coins are listed in both the circulation and pattern sections.&nbsp; The JNDA strictly lists the clay/porcelain coins as patterns only, shows a few photos, but does not have an exhaustive listing for types. </p><p><br /></p><p>The aforementioned 1 sen is fairly common and relatively easily obtained.&nbsp; The other types, not so much.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t yet gotten a white pattern (blown out of the water on a Japanese auction not so long ago), but this group and another were recently individually listed in an auction. </p><p><br /></p><p>I chose this set as the type is actually photo&#039;d and presented in the Cummings reference &quot;Modern Japanese Coinage&#039;.&nbsp; Apparently I was the only bidder (and the other set passed), so I probably paid too much.&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp; Sometimes you just have to go for it if it&#039;s not something you see often.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ZqRwZRlSRY2MnsCfaDWn_combo%20e0e0e0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Vd7OKhJRtuvhQBXmWqWO_combo%20e0e0e0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/VLxhhxp4SseslJ5B2H3H_combo%20e0e0e0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, a cool old thread I found here <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-clay-coin-from-japan-1945-1-sen.45082/#post-481814" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-clay-coin-from-japan-1945-1-sen.45082/#post-481814">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-clay-coin-from-japan-1945-1-sen.45082/#post-481814</a> (though one difference in the link is that my more recent JNDA does say there are color varieties).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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