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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2983334, member: 71642"]Picked up a couple in a Japanese auction. The first is a half sen...I bid on the wrong coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Fortunately it only cost me about the equivalent of $30 and it's a date I don't have. I could have likely won the one I meant to get but oh well. That was a $50 coin, so another time perhaps. NOT a fan of the irregular toning and spots. I'd rather have one less red but but with a healthy even tone. Even so, a decent coin for $30.</p><p><br /></p><p>1/2 sen Meiji 20/1887</p><p>[ATTACH=full]734290[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next up is a coin I meant to buy from the same auction and was happy to get at the price. For whatever reason it's the only one of the reeded edge 10 yens I hadn't been able to find, other than one on ebay that is a solid brown and a grade lower---with a significantly higher price than this one. The current 10 yen coins don't have a reeded edge, but these did circulate as late as the early 2000s (as I pulled a couple out of my pocket change at the time). The fingerprint is less prominent in hand, and what looks like a scratch is on the slab and reflecting light.</p><p><br /></p><p>10 yen, Showa 32/1957</p><p>[ATTACH=full]734295[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, from all the way in Maryland, another little bit of bean money. I liked this one as it has part of the 'joze' or mint official stamp on it, plus little era markers, the 'bun' of Genbun (or Gembun). That dates this to 1736-1818. Silver content 46%. I haven't weighed it yet, but it's probably about 7 grams. Not big but not super tiny. I didn't have an example yet with the small era markers in the field OR of the 'joze'. It's not particularly rare, but it was the first one I'd noticed for sale that I recall (at a buyable price). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]734298[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The blue rectangle is part of the 'joze' and the red circles the 'bun' character.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]734299[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2983334, member: 71642"]Picked up a couple in a Japanese auction. The first is a half sen...I bid on the wrong coin :facepalm:. Fortunately it only cost me about the equivalent of $30 and it's a date I don't have. I could have likely won the one I meant to get but oh well. That was a $50 coin, so another time perhaps. NOT a fan of the irregular toning and spots. I'd rather have one less red but but with a healthy even tone. Even so, a decent coin for $30. 1/2 sen Meiji 20/1887 [ATTACH=full]734290[/ATTACH] Next up is a coin I meant to buy from the same auction and was happy to get at the price. For whatever reason it's the only one of the reeded edge 10 yens I hadn't been able to find, other than one on ebay that is a solid brown and a grade lower---with a significantly higher price than this one. The current 10 yen coins don't have a reeded edge, but these did circulate as late as the early 2000s (as I pulled a couple out of my pocket change at the time). The fingerprint is less prominent in hand, and what looks like a scratch is on the slab and reflecting light. 10 yen, Showa 32/1957 [ATTACH=full]734295[/ATTACH] And finally, from all the way in Maryland, another little bit of bean money. I liked this one as it has part of the 'joze' or mint official stamp on it, plus little era markers, the 'bun' of Genbun (or Gembun). That dates this to 1736-1818. Silver content 46%. I haven't weighed it yet, but it's probably about 7 grams. Not big but not super tiny. I didn't have an example yet with the small era markers in the field OR of the 'joze'. It's not particularly rare, but it was the first one I'd noticed for sale that I recall (at a buyable price). [ATTACH=full]734298[/ATTACH] The blue rectangle is part of the 'joze' and the red circles the 'bun' character. [ATTACH=full]734299[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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